diff --git a/app/services/platforms/youtube.ts b/app/services/platforms/youtube.ts
index 7d93fde63c54..e015483b03ec 100644
--- a/app/services/platforms/youtube.ts
+++ b/app/services/platforms/youtube.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ interface IYoutubeServiceState extends IPlatformState {
   broadcastStatus: TBroadcastLifecycleStatus | '';
   settings: IYoutubeStartStreamOptions;
   categories: IYoutubeCategory[];
+  backupStreamSettings?: IBackUpStreamSettings;
+}
+
+interface IBackUpStreamSettings {
+  service: string;
+  key: string;
+  server: string;
+  streamType: 'rtmp_common' | 'rtmp_custom' | 'whip_custom';
+  context: TDisplayType;
 }
 
 export interface IYoutubeStartStreamOptions extends IExtraBroadcastSettings {
@@ -537,6 +546,17 @@ export class YoutubeService
     // setup key and platform type in the OBS settings
     const streamKey = stream.cdn.ingestionInfo.streamName;
 
+    //save user's current rtmp_common settings to restore after Go Live since they are overwritten here
+    const currentSettings = this.streamSettingsService.settings;
+    if (!this.state.backupStreamSettings) {
+      this.state.backupStreamSettings = {} as IBackUpStreamSettings;
+    }
+    this.state.backupStreamSettings.service = currentSettings.service;
+    this.state.backupStreamSettings.key = currentSettings.key;
+    this.state.backupStreamSettings.server = currentSettings.server;
+    this.state.backupStreamSettings.streamType = currentSettings.streamType;
+    this.state.backupStreamSettings.context = !context ? 'horizontal' : context;
+
     if (!this.streamingService.views.isMultiplatformMode) {
       this.streamSettingsService.setSettings(
         {
@@ -598,6 +618,18 @@ export class YoutubeService
     this.SET_VERTICAL_BROADCAST({} as IYoutubeLiveBroadcast);
     this.SET_VERTICAL_STREAM_KEY('');
     this.streamSettingsService.setGoLiveSettings({ customDestinations: destinations });
+
+    //restore user's previous settings in case they were overwritten on Go Live
+    this.streamSettingsService.setSettings(
+      {
+        platform: 'youtube',
+        service: this.state.backupStreamSettings.service,
+        key: this.state.backupStreamSettings.key,
+        streamType: this.state.backupStreamSettings.streamType,
+        server: this.state.backupStreamSettings.server,
+      },
+      this.state.backupStreamSettings.context,
+    );
   }
 
   /**