How to Make a YouTube Link That Starts at a Specific Time

Long videos hide the part you need. A timestamp link opens the video at that point, so a student, a customer or a friend does not have to scrub through.

Quick answer

Paste the YouTube link and enter the time as seconds, minutes and seconds, or hours, minutes and seconds. The tool returns a short youtu.be link that starts the video at that point.

The link format

https://youtu.be/VIDEOID?t=754

The t value is the start time in seconds. 12 minutes 34 seconds is 754 seconds.

Steps

1. Paste the video URL.
2. Enter the time.
3. Copy the link and share it.

Manual shortcut

On YouTube, pause the video at the right moment, right-click and choose Copy video URL at current time. The tool is useful when you know the time but do not want to scrub.

Where it helps

• Lessons: point to the exact example.
• Customer support: show the step in a tutorial.
• Comments and descriptions: add "chapters" links.
• Social posts: share a highlight.

Tips

• Chapters in a video description (like 03:15 Setup) become clickable automatically.
• Keep the time slightly before the key moment so viewers have context.
• Test the link on a phone; some apps handle the time differently.
• For embedding in a web page, use the start parameter in the embed code.