“For now, you can’t change the thumbnail on your Short” | How to solve

Creating YouTube shorts is enjoyable, sometimes you may want to change your YouTube shorts thumbnail. Many users are now enjoying YouTube shorts, and the good news is that if you are a creator, you can now monetize your YouTube shorts.

When I was uploading my YouTube shorts, I got this error when I tried to change the thumbnail: “For now, you can’t change the thumbnail on your shorts.” In this article, I am going to show you how to solve the error.

What the error means

This error simply means that you can’t be able able to update your YouTube shorts thumbnail, this is because you are using a computer desktop to upload your shorts.

How to Solve

In order to solve this error, you can re-upload your YouTube shorts using a mobile phone. This will allow you to select the thumbnail that you want before posting.

Summary

At the moment, YouTube has not yet enabled a user to update their shorts thumbnail via a computer, all you have to do is use a mobile phone and it will work.