YOUTUBE / AUTOMATIC AUDIO
Auto dubbing.
Your controls.
YouTube auto dubbing adds translated audio to videos. Start with whose video it is, then choose what you want to change.
I'm watching.
Change what you hear.
INSIDE THE VIDEOBring back
the original voice.For this video →
VIEWER / ONE VIDEO
Choose the original audio track.
In the video's settings, open Audio track and choose the original language. The list depends on the tracks available for that video.
You are changing the sound for your own viewing. This does not remove a creator's published dub.
Official viewer instructions ↗
Keep more originals by default →The voice changed. The captions did not.
Spoken audio and on-screen captions are separate controls. The CC option changes the displayed words; use the audio-track menu for the voice. Official caption controls ↗
No audio-track choice?
Look at the options this particular player actually exposes. A missing option is not evidence that changing your device's region will fix it. Follow the current viewer help for your device; do not enter account credentials into a third-party “disable dubbing” page.
A second language does not, by itself, prove automatic dubbing was used. A creator may have uploaded a recorded translation through multi-language audio.
IN YOUR ACCOUNTKeep languages
you understand.For future viewing →
VIEWER / PREFERRED LANGUAGES
Your spoken languages, together.
Add languages you want to hear in their original form. An original in a preferred language defaults to that original audio. This preference also applies to translated titles and descriptions.
Find the setting & read three casesThis is separate from the app's interface language and location setting.
I'm publishing.
Manage your channel's dubs.
IN STUDIO SETTINGSListen before
a dub goes live.Before publication →
CREATOR / BEFORE PUBLICATION
Put a review before publication.
On a computer, open YouTube Studio's channel advanced settings. With automatic dubbing enabled, select manual review before publication and save.
Review a video's language track in Studio. An automatic dub cannot be edited line by line; do not mistake a fluent voice for an accurate translation.
Turn it off instead?
In the same channel advanced settings, clear the automatic-dubbing permission and save. Check existing published tracks separately at the after-publication stop.
A review that catches meaning
Invented example: an original cooking instruction says “fifteen minutes”; a translated transcript says “fifty”. A smooth voice would not make that instruction correct. Note the time, the original meaning and the disputed rendering. Ask a fluent reviewer to compare that passage before deciding to publish.
Listen through names, numbers, negations and changes of speaker. These are useful review targets, not a promise that a checklist establishes translation accuracy. If the reviewer cannot judge a passage, retain that uncertainty rather than marking it correct.
ON THE VIDEO IN STUDIOTake a dub
out of circulation.After publication →
CREATOR / AN EXISTING DUB
Unpublish and delete are different choices.
In the video's Languages area on a computer, use the audio options for the relevant language. Unpublish removes the dub from viewers while retaining the option to publish again. A deleted dub cannot be republished.
For example, if a translated place name needs review, taking that track out of circulation preserves time to decide what to do next. It does not require deleting the whole video.
Official publication controls ↗
Replacing it with your own recording
YouTube's multi-language feature accepts a prepared audio track; it does not generate one for you. If an automatic dub already occupies that language, the official workflow requires deleting it before uploading your version. Prepare and review the replacement first, remembering that deleting the old dub is irreversible. Read the replacement workflow ↗
Publishing a companion page too?
A channel change and a working web page are separate observations. On a site you own, open the page in a fresh WebTraceCheck browser session and check the visible player controls and the path back to your video. That observation does not certify what every viewer will hear.
If your own companion site sends a non-sensitive signup or test message, use a CleanTempMail test inbox to inspect that delivery. Keep a durable address for the real channel account and recovery.
These optional products share Trackside's operator. Links carry site and placement labels, never your language selections.