Step by Step Guide

With YouTube's multi-language audio feature also being enabled on Shorts, here's a step by step guide on how to view if a YouTube Short has an audio track and how to change them.

Step #1

Open YouTube on your device through your browser of choice.

Step #2

Paste in the shorts URL. For example: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OvD30K-KN3k

Step #3

Replace the portion "shorts/" with watch?v=. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvD30K-KN3k

Step #4

The short will now appear in the video player. Press the gear icon and select the audio track you want to hear.

Frequently Asked Questions

How Do I Get Audio Tracks?

To get audio tracks on either your shorts or your long format content on YouTube, contact a dubbing specialist like BeMultilingual. They'll not only be able to help you get the feature, but they'll also provide you with the professional dubbing your channel needs! You can contact them here.

What Languages Can I Add Audio Tracks On?

There are 238 languages you can add on your videos on YouTube. Check out the full list of YouTube's Languages here.

How Can I Turn Off Audio Tracks?

Viewers can switch audio tracks by first clicking the gear icon on the video then selecting audio tracks, then clicking the audio track they prefer to listen to.

Creators can turn off the audio tracks by either deleting the audio track in YouTube Studio if manually added or turning off auto dubs. For more details read the following article.