How to change your video’s privacy settings

We offer a variety of ways to control who can access your videos and how they can do so. This article explains how to change a video's privacy settings and control where it can be embedded. To learn more, see Overview of video privacy settings.

In this article:

• How to change your video’s privacy
• How to change where your video can be embedded
• How to edit privacy settings in bulk

How to change your video’s privacy

You can edit the privacy setting for each video by following the steps below.

1. Log into Vimeo and navigate to your Library.
2. Click on a video to open the video edit page.
3. On the right side, click the lock icon labeled Privacy.
   
4. Under the Link section, select the desired privacy setting. The selection will save automatically.

💡Tip: You can also Set your video's viewing privacy before uploading.

How to change where your video can be embedded

Another element of video privacy is controlling whether your video can be viewed somewhere other than vimeo.com. All privacy settings except for Private allow you to embed your video on other sites. 

1. Log into Vimeo and navigate to your Library.
2. Click on a video to open the video edit page.
3. On the right side, click Privacy.
4. Find the Embed section at the bottom of the panel.
   
5. Choose between three options:
   • Anywhere: Anyone can embed your video onto any page on the internet.
   • Nowhere: No one, including you and your team members, can embed your video anywhere. It will only be viewable on vimeo.com.
   • Specific domains (Available for all plans except Free and Basic): After you select this, add your website’s domain (mysite.com) or subdomain (subdomain.mysite.com) in the text field that appears below the dropdown menu; be sure to click (+) to add it. You can specify and manage up to 50 domains where your video can be embedded.
     • Note that subdomains will need to be added individually; the main domain will cover additional URL paths (mysite.com/specificpage) but will not cover subdomains.
     • Wildcard characters are not supported.
6. Your selection will save automatically. 

How to edit privacy settings in bulk

Follow these steps to edit the privacy settings of one or more videos at a time. 

1. Go to your Library to find the video(s) you would like to edit. Note that you cannot change privacy settings for VODs or Vimeo Stock.
2. To select a video, check the box on the left side of its thumbnail/row (depending on if you are in grid-view or list-view).
3. Then, select Privacy.
   
   
4. Choose your desired privacy settings and then Save.