How to Turn Off YouTube Auto Dubbing for Your Channel?
The exact Studio setting, how to remove dubs already live, and the review-first option if you only want control.
Aditya Challa4 min read
Summary
How to turn off YouTube auto dubbing: sign in to YouTube Studio on a computer, click Settings, then Channel, then Advanced settings, untick Allow automatic dubbing and click Save. That channel setting controls new dubs. Dubs that are already live on a video are handled separately, under that video's Languages page.
What does automatic dubbing do?
YouTube Help says automatic dubbing creates translated audio tracks in other languages, and videos that have them are marked "auto-dubbed" in the description. It is on by default for eligible creators. When you upload a new video, dubs are generated and published according to your publication settings, and YouTube says it may also generate dubs for videos you published earlier.
How do you turn off auto dubbing in YouTube Studio?
On a computer:
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- Click Settings, then Channel, then the Advanced settings tab.
- Scroll to Automatic dubbing and untick Allow automatic dubbing.
- Click Save.
In the YouTube Studio app, tap your profile picture, tap Settings, then under Content tap Automatic dubbing and switch it off. YouTube says you can switch it back on at any time.
How do you remove dubs that are already on a video?
YouTube Help says managing dubs, including previewing, publishing and deleting them, only works in YouTube Studio on a computer:
- Click Content and open the video.
- Click Languages.
- Hover over the language, then click the menu in the Audio column.
- Choose Unpublish or Delete.
The difference matters. An unpublished dub stops playing for viewers but can be republished later. A deleted dub is gone and cannot be republished.
Can you review dubs instead of turning them off?
Yes. Leave Allow automatic dubbing ticked and also tick Manually review dubs before publishing (in the app, tap Publish manually). New dubs then wait for you. Under Languages you can preview a dub in the player and open its transcript before you publish it. You cannot edit an automatic dub, though. If a dub was mistranslated because the video language was set wrongly, YouTube says to correct the original video language and the dubs will be generated again.
How do viewers switch back to the original audio?
A viewer cannot change your channel setting, but they are not stuck with a dub. YouTube's blog says viewers can set their preferred languages so chosen videos play in the original audio, and can pick a different audio track from the player settings on any video.
Why do some videos never get dubbed?
YouTube lists these reasons a video can be ineligible:
- it is longer than 120 minutes
- it has no speech, only music, or very little speech
- the original language is not supported, or could not be detected
- the speech is too fast to dub without sounding sped up
- it contains copyrighted content
Should you turn auto dubbing off?
That depends on your content. YouTube's blog states that being dubbed has no negative impact on discovery. YouTube Help also warns that dubs can contain errors from accents, background noise, proper nouns, idioms and jargon. If your videos lean on wordplay or exact technical terms, the review option is a sensible middle ground. If you would rather record your own translation, the multi-language audio feature lets you upload your own dub, but you must delete the automatic dub in that language first.
FAQ
Does turning off auto dubbing delete existing dubs? YouTube Help does not say it does. It treats existing dubs as a per-video task: open the video's Languages page and unpublish or delete each dub.
Can I edit an automatic dub? No. You can preview it, read its transcript, publish, unpublish or delete it, but not edit it.
Which languages can English videos be dubbed into? The help page lists 20: Arabic, Bengali, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malayalam, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu and Ukrainian. Many other languages can be dubbed into English.
Related
- How to add subtitles to YouTube videos
- How to write a YouTube video description
- What is YouTube Analytics?
Sources
youtube studioautomatic dubbingmulti-language audiocreator settingsyoutube channelvideo accessibility
Lab evidence
What I found running this
Checked on 18 Oct 2026 against YouTube Help's 'Use automatic dubbing' page (computer and app versions), the 'Add Multi-language features' help page and YouTube's official blog post on auto dubbing. Menu names and limits are quoted as published there. No fresh hands-on test in a live YouTube Studio account was done for this post, and YouTube may change menu labels or rollout by channel.
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