Adding a password ensures that only intended viewers are able to watch your video.
Even if someone else has the link to your sharing page or a webpage where the video has been embedded, the viewer will be prevented from watching unless they know the password.
You can also set limits on password usage and duration. After the password has been used a certain number of times or the duration expires, any subsequent viewers (even if they know the password) will be unable to watch the video.
Set your video to use a password
- Select the Share button next to a video in your library
- Select Change to update your video's access settings
- Select Password Protected, then Update
- Enter a password of your choice (6-15 characters)
- Optionally, open the Advanced Password Settings menu to add limits on the number of times the password can be used as well as the number of days before the password expires
- Click on Add Password when finished
- Click on the title of a video in your library to open the edit page
- Select the Sharing tab, then click on Change to update the video's access setting
- Select the option Anyone with a password, then click Update
- Enter a password of your choice (6-15 characters)
- Optionally, open the Advanced Password Settings menu to add limits on the number of times the password can be used as well as the number of days before the password expires.
- Click on Add Password when finished
Allow viewers to request access to your video
When you select Anyone with a password, you're also given the option to allow viewers to request access to your video.
You can enable this setting either with or without an actual password being set. Therefore, either all viewers must request access or only those who have not been given the password.
Learn more about allowing viewers to request access to your video
Edit your password
- Select the Share button next to the video with the password that you want to edit
- Select the Change button
- Click on Update while the Password Protected setting is still selected
- Open the menu next to your password, then select Edit
- Change or update your password, then select Add Password again to confirm.
- You can also update the advanced password settings (password use limit and expiry)
- From your library, select the title of the video with the password that you want to edit
- Select the Sharing tab
- Open the menu next to your password, then select Edit
- Change or update your password, then select Add Password again to confirm.
- You can also update the advanced password settings (password use limit and expiry)
Delete your password
- From your library, select the Share button next to the video with the password
- Select the Change button to update your video's access settings
- Choose a different setting (either Link Only or Public), then select Update to confirm. This will automatically remove the password.
- From your library, select the title of the video with the password you want to delete
- Select the Sharing tab
- Open the menu next to your password, then select Delete