# Why won't the web embed component play youtube videos anymore?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-wont-the-web-embed-component-play-youtube-videos-anymore/81436>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Tags:** components\
**Created:** [April 19, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-wont-the-web-embed-component-play-youtube-videos-anymore/81436 "2025-04-19T16:03:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sekayi\_Liburd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/sekayi_liburd/32/77608_2.png) [@Sekayi\_Liburd](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Sekayi_Liburd)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-wont-the-web-embed-component-play-youtube-videos-anymore/81436/1 "2025-04-19T16:03:33Z")

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Hi guys!  
The web embed component worked beautifully last year but now it does not work for my YouTube videos. Did something change?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/3/a/3a11aa581e2fc6ac19ea8b7c862a42921e3e560e.png)

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-wont-the-web-embed-component-play-youtube-videos-anymore/81436/2 "2025-04-19T16:10:14Z")

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Try this: `https://www.youtube.com/embed/[videoID]`

 ![CleanShot 2025-04-20 at 00.09.37@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/0/a/0a23cda9d737575a3c4e6cb2a090f311bfb0ea92.jpeg)

See [here](https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters).

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**Author:** ![Sekayi\_Liburd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/sekayi_liburd/32/77608_2.png) [@Sekayi\_Liburd](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Sekayi_Liburd)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-wont-the-web-embed-component-play-youtube-videos-anymore/81436/3 "2025-04-19T16:12:16Z")

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oh i see! So this is a change on youtube’s end? Thanks @Darren_Murphy 🥰

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-wont-the-web-embed-component-play-youtube-videos-anymore/81436/4 "2025-04-19T16:13:27Z")

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Yes, it looks like it.

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**Author:** ![Sekayi\_Liburd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/sekayi_liburd/32/77608_2.png) [@Sekayi\_Liburd](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Sekayi_Liburd)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-wont-the-web-embed-component-play-youtube-videos-anymore/81436/5 "2025-04-19T16:14:50Z")

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> [@Darren\_Murphy](#):
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> [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/embed/)

thanks a million!

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-wont-the-web-embed-component-play-youtube-videos-anymore/81436/6 "2025-04-19T22:40:25Z")

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Is there a reason you don’t use a video component for this?

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-wont-the-web-embed-component-play-youtube-videos-anymore/81436/7 "2025-04-26T22:40:30Z")

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