YouTube auto dubbing turn off: the setting and what to disclose

To turn YouTube auto dubbing off, open the YouTube Studio app, go to Settings, then Content, then Automatic dubbing, and switch it off. If you would rather keep it on but check the result, YouTube's help page says to tap Publish manually so you can review the dubs before they are published. This is YouTube's own setting; Sume does not control it.

Where is the setting, and what are the choices?

Both choices sit in the same place, and they do different things.

How will viewers know a video was dubbed?

YouTube's help page says videos with these audio tracks are marked as auto-dubbed in the video description. That is a label YouTube adds itself for tracks it generates; you do not write it.

Does a dub count as altered or synthetic content?

YouTube's disclosure page asks you to disclose realistic content that makes a real person appear to say or do something they did not, alters footage of a real event or place, or generates a realistic scene that did not occur. Among the things it says do not need disclosure is cloning your own voice for voiceovers or dubs. It also says YouTube may apply an AI label automatically for content made with its own AI tools. Read the page itself for your case; this post is not legal or policy advice.

What should I check before I publish a dub?

If you choose to review, listen to each dubbed track for the parts a machine most easily gets wrong: brand and product names, numbers and prices, jokes, and anything legal or medical. Compare each dub's length against the original pacing and confirm the description marks it as auto-dubbed. A dub that gets these wrong is a reason to use the review choice or to turn the feature off.

Keep a note of which videos you reviewed and which you let publish automatically. The two choices in the table above are the only controls this post covers; the help page itself may list more.

What if I want my own dubbed tracks instead?

Upload tracks you made yourself; the rules and steps are in YouTube multi-language audio tracks. Sume does not dub in one call, but its Timeline audio route joins Sume-hosted audio into one gapless file and returns the offsets, and the dubbing pipeline post shows how the pieces chain.