Steam error when attempting to link Youtube Account

[Plibbo64]

I have a youtube channel and videos on it.. so why do I continually get an error when trying to link my youtube account to my steam profile?? I tried looking up information about it and people have been having trouble since 2011. Does the feature not work??

Anyone have any idea what's up?

[Renz]

It works perfectly fine with my youtube account. Do you own a domain in which the account is hosted? That may be part of the problem.

[Plibbo64]

I don't think so.. Just using a regular old youtube account.

- I click Link Youtube Account
- Sign into youtube with the google sign-in
- "An anonymous blah blah is trying to access blah blah" - I Grant Access
- Steam: "There was an error accessing YouTube to retrieve your username. Please try again."

I thought maybe it was a fluke, but it's been doing this for weeks.

[Renz]

Well, idk. I wish I could help. If its just a normal free YouTube account then I have no clue.

[Plibbo64]

I took a new gmail account into youtube to start a new channel and was able to link that.
Anyone having this problem, I would recommend a brand new account.

Thanks for the help, Renzbo.

[|-_-|]

I am writing this because I need to achieve in the steam

[SquareEnixFanboy]

LOL

[ManicDestructive]

I had a similar problem, but the error said something about not able to link to my Youtube account name.

Adding useless coment for achieve too.

[OutofMana]

I got a solution for this problem.

The issue is that Steam is trying to retrieve your Google+ account instead of your YouTube.

1. Make sure you have created a YouTube channel if you haven't already.

2. While on your YouTube channel (Make sure you are not on you Google+ account..this is important). Go to Setting and scroll down the page.

3. Stop where it says "Third party tools." There should be your YouTube email which looks something like this "[e-mail]"

4. Create a password.

5. Go to steam and link your account. When asked to log in. Use the email above and password that you created (Not your Google+ email). You should now have your account linked!!

Hope this end the frustration. Good luck!

[maracle]

Ahh, that worked like a charm! Thanks!

[donkeygorilla]

Originally posted by Hazmaster:

I got a solution for this problem.

The issue is that Steam is trying to retrieve your Google+ account instead of your YouTube.

1. Make sure you have created a YouTube channel if you haven't already.

2. While on your YouTube channel (Make sure you are not on you Google+ account..this is important). Go to Setting and scroll down the page.

3. Stop where it says "Third party tools." There should be your YouTube email which looks something like this "[e-mail]"

4. Create a password.

5. Go to steam and link your account. When asked to log in. Use the email above and password that you created (Not your Google+ email). You should now have your account linked!!

Hope this end the frustration. Good luck!

Thank you!

[76561198100058733]

same

[76561198100058733]

thx hazmaster :D

[Alorinn]

Originally posted by Hazmaster:

I got a solution for this problem.

The issue is that Steam is trying to retrieve your Google+ account instead of your YouTube.

1. Make sure you have created a YouTube channel if you haven't already.

2. While on your YouTube channel (Make sure you are not on you Google+ account..this is important). Go to Setting and scroll down the page.

3. Stop where it says "Third party tools." There should be your YouTube email which looks something like this "[e-mail]"

4. Create a password.

5. Go to steam and link your account. When asked to log in. Use the email above and password that you created (Not your Google+ email). You should now have your account linked!!

Hope this end the frustration. Good luck!

IMBA!

[*-Dida-*]

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[Agent Aqua M]

Thank you so much!!! That worked!