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<\/p><\/div>"} 1 Open YouTube. Go to If you aren't signed into your account, you can click SIGN IN in the upper-right corner and then enter your email address and password to sign in. This isn't necessary unless the video you want to view is age-gated. Go to https://www.youtube.com/ in your computer's web browser. This will open the YouTube home page.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 2 Go to the video you want to use. Search for the video on which you want to link to a specific time, then click or tap the video to open it.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 5 Right-click the video window. Doing so prompts a drop-down menu. If the video has annotations enabled, make sure you right-click on a section that doesn't have an annotation. You can also disable annotations by clicking the gear icon at the bottom of the player window and then clicking the red "Annotations" switch.

On a Mac, hold down the Control key while clicking the video. Doing so prompts a drop-down menu.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 6 Click Copy video URL at current time . It's in the drop-down menu. Clicking this option will copy the video URL to your computer's clipboard. If you want to share the link directly using YouTube's share options, rather than copying and pasting it elsewhere, you can hit the Share button to the bottom right of the video, instead. There will be a checkbox at the bottom that lets you specify whether you want to start at the selected time or not. Mark the checkbox and then select whether you want to copy the link, message someone on YouTube with it, or share to one of the social media options. It's in the drop-down menu. Clicking this option will copy the video URL to your computer's clipboard.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 7 Paste the link elsewhere. To paste the link into a text field (e.g., a Facebook post or an email), click the text field, then press either Ctrl + V (Windows) or ⌘ Command + V (Mac) to paste in the link.