You can remove the ability for viewers to download your videos. This article explains how to disable the download option for individual videos and for all videos in your account settings.
In this article:
- How to prevent downloads for one video
- How to prevent downloads for all videos
- How to prevent downloads for review links
- Suggested next steps
How to prevent downloads for one video
If you’d rather not have your videos available for download, you can disable the option. To do so:
- From your Library, select the video to get to the video settings page.
- Select the Share button at the top right side of the page.
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Under the Viewer permissions section, toggle to allow or disallow downloads and comments on your video.
- The setting will automatically save.
How to prevent downloads for all videos
You can also remove downloading ability for your existing videos and future uploads. To do so:
- Navigate to the Upload defaults tab of your account settings.
- Uncheck the box next to Download them (under the "What can people do with your videos?" heading).
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Check the box next to Also apply to existing videos, and then hit the Save button.
For Enterprise Users with Workspaces: This feature can be managed by a Workspace Admin for videos uploaded to the Workspace. For additional information, visit How to edit my Workspace's settings.
How to prevent downloads for review links
Learn about using and managing your review links.
Suggested next steps
- You can read more about our various privacy settings at Overview of video privacy settings.
- There is currently no way to make videos available to download from the embedded player.