Learn how to make YouTube Shorts using the YouTube app. This YouTube Shorts tutorial shows how to create YouTube Shorts from recording to publishing.
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Timestamps:
00:00 How To Make YouTube Shorts Using The YouTube App (2026)
00:23 Start a YouTube Short in app
00:58 Record YouTube Shorts in YouTube
02:14 Import and trim existing clips
02:42 Best YouTube Shorts camera settings
03:37 YouTube Shorts effects and AI filters
05:55 Add music to YouTube Shorts
06:46 Use YouTube Shorts AI mode
08:32 Edit YouTube Shorts in app
09:19 Add stickers, polls, and captions
10:05 Trim clips in advanced editor
11:58 Upload Shorts on YouTube app
12:18 Make thumbnails for YouTube Shorts
12:42 YouTube Shorts upload settings
13:35 Upload Short and final tips

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*How To Make YouTube Shorts Using The YouTube App (2026)*
This beginner-friendly guide walks through the current mobile workflow for making a Short from start to finish. You’ll see how to open the Shorts camera, record or import clips, choose the right duration, trim and rearrange footage, add music, text, captions, effects, and voiceover, then preview the finished YouTube Shorts video.

We’ll also cover the important publishing controls, including your title, audience setting, visibility, thumbnail, and related video. Along the way, I’ll point out the changes that matter most in the latest YouTube Shorts update, including longer Shorts and the improved in-app editor.

Whether you’re learning how to use YouTube Shorts or returning after the interface changed, you’ll finish with a repeatable mobile workflow for creating and publishing Shorts directly from your phone.

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