YouTube timestamp link generator

YouTube’s Share box has a Start at checkbox on a computer, and the app shares the moment you’re watching. To link any other time, paste a link here and type the time the way you copied it, such as 1:23:45 or 90. You get a short link that opens at that second.

The link is made in your browser, and this page loads nothing from YouTube.

Type the time as the player shows it, such as 12:34, or leave it empty to keep the time already in the link. Shorts, live, and embed links work too. Link opened at 0:00? See why, and how to fix it.

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How the YouTube timestamp link generator works

A YouTube timestamp link is a video link that carries t= and a start time in seconds, such as youtu.be/…?t=754 for 12:34. The generator turns your link and the time you type into that short link. In our tests in October 2026, YouTube’s Share box copied the same t= plus an si= code, which this page leaves out.

Updated October 13, 2026

How to timestamp a YouTube link

On a computer, YouTube Help gives these steps:

Under the video, click Share.
Check Start at and enter the time, such as 2:30.
Click Copy.

In our tests in October 2026, right-clicking the player and choosing Copy video URL at current time also copied a link to the moment on screen.

In the YouTube app on Android or iPhone, go to the moment, tap Share, and turn on the Minute : Second toggle. The app links the moment you’re watching, so to link a different time, paste the link above and type it.

By hand, add ?t=90 to a youtu.be link or &t=90 to a youtube.com/watch?v= link, where 90 is the start in seconds. Both opened at that second in our tests in October 2026. In a comment, type the time, such as 4:05, and YouTube turns it into a link, as its 2008 blog post describes.

In April 2026, TeamYouTube announced (in Spanish) that Share with timestamp was coming to the phone app and would replace Clips as the main way to share part of a video. Clips you already made stay available. Shared moments no longer get an end time or a custom description, so put the end time in your message.

YouTube timestamp formats you can type

The Start at box reads a time the way you copied it.

You type	The link gets
`12:34`, as the player shows it	`t=754`
`1:02:03`	`t=3723`
`62m3s` or `1h2m3s`	`t=3723`
`754` or `754s`	`t=754`
Nothing	The time already in the pasted link, if it has one

The link uses whole seconds, as YouTube’s Share box did in our tests in October 2026. A time of 0, or an empty box with no time in the pasted link, gives a clean link that starts at the beginning.

Why a timestamp link starts at 0:00

In our tests in October 2026, YouTube ignored the time and played from the start when:

The time has a colon, as in t=1:30. Paste that link above and the generator rewrites it as t=90.
The units are capitals, as in t=1H2M3S.
The time is past the end of the video.
The link is an embed. Embedded players ignore t and read start, in whole seconds, as YouTube’s player parameters describe.

Start an embed or a chapter at a time

To start an embedded video at a moment, add start= and whole seconds to the embed address, as in embed/…?start=754, per YouTube’s player parameters. The cookie-free YouTube watcher writes that embed code for you: make a link here, then select Watch from here cookie-free.

Chapters are timestamps in a video’s description. YouTube Help asks for the first at 0:00 and at least three in order, each at least 10 seconds long. To check that a long chapter list still fits, paste the whole description into the YouTube character limit counter.

To find the video first, filter by upload date and length with the YouTube advanced search builder. To see how long a lecture takes at 1.5x before you send it, use the playback speed calculator. If you share lectures and how-tos often, Retube, our free browser extension, groups the channels you learn from into feeds inside YouTube, such as Learning or Cooking.

To set that up by hand or with Retube, read how to organize YouTube subscriptions.

Questions about timestamp links

How do I timestamp a YouTube video on my phone?

To share the moment you’re watching, use the time toggle in the YouTube app’s Share menu. To pick any other time, tap Share, then Copy link in the app, and open this page in your phone’s browser. Paste the link, type the time, and select Get link. Share then opens your phone’s share sheet, so the link goes straight to Messages, WhatsApp, or email.

How do I put a clickable timestamp in a YouTube comment?

Type the time as the player shows it, such as 4:05 or 1:02:03, in your comment. YouTube turns it into a link to that moment in the same video, so a time in a comment only points inside the video it’s posted on. For a moment you want to send somewhere else, such as a message, an email, or your study notes, make a timestamp link here.

Do timestamp links work with YouTube Shorts?

Yes. Paste a Shorts link and a time, and the page makes a youtu.be link. In our tests in October 2026, that link played the Short from that second in YouTube’s regular player. A youtube.com/shorts/ link with t= also jumped to the time, but YouTube then dropped the time from the address, so copying that link again lost it.

How do I find the exact time to share?

Pause the video at the moment you want and type the time the player shows, such as 12:34, into Start at. For a lecture or a recipe step, go back a few seconds, so the person you send it to hears the start of the sentence. The links this page makes count whole seconds, the same as the time the player shows.

Does this page send my link anywhere?

No. The page builds the timestamp link in your browser and loads nothing from YouTube. The video and the time stay in this page’s address so you can bookmark or share the result, and our analytics mask both. There’s no sign-in or daily limit. YouTube sees the video only when you, or the person you send the link to, opens it.

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