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How to bulk upload my videos on the Vimeo mobile app

This feature is included with all Vimeo plans.

You can upload and manage multiple videos simultaneously using the Vimeo Android or iOS app on your mobile device. This article explains how to upload videos in bulk and perform bulk actions such as moving, deleting, renaming, and adjusting privacy settings.

In this article:

What to know before bulk uploading

Before you start, note the following:

How to bulk upload videos

You can upload multiple videos to a new or existing folder. To do so:

  1. From the home screen of the mobile app, tap the Upload icon. 
    The navigation bar for the Vimeo Mobile app with the central 'Upload' button highlighted by a red box. The button is a black plus sign on a blue background.
  2. If you haven't already allowed the Vimeo app access to files on your device, you'll need to grant permission. For more details, see Google Support and Apple Support. 
  3. Select all the videos you want to upload in the batch from your device. 
  4. Select Next.
  5. On the next screen, confirm the videos you want to upload in the batch. You can also rename all videos in the batch, choose the folder on your Vimeo account for uploading, and set the privacy options.

    The confirmation screen for a bulk-upload batch. It displays thumbnails of multiple videos at the top. Below the videos, there are two dropdown menus: the first is for 'Folder' and is set to 'Library', and the second is for 'Privacy' and is set to 'Private'."
  6. Use the dropdown menus to change the destination folder and privacy settings for the uploads.
  7. Select the pencil icon to edit the video's name, if necessary. 
  8. Your videos will begin uploading to the selected folder.
  9. Tap Save (Android) or Done (iOS) to finalize the process. Your videos will now be available in the designated folder.

How to bulk manage videos

You can perform a single action on multiple videos at once directly from your library. This includes renaming, deleting, or moving your videos to another folder, and more. To do so: 

  1. Navigate to your Library and press and hold one of the videos you’d like to select. This will activate the bulk-management tool.  
  2. Tap the bubble to the left of each video to choose all the videos you want to manage. You can also choose to Select All or Deselect All. 
    The mobile video library showing a list of videos with thumbnail previews. The first checkbox is empty, and the second and third checkboxes are checked with a checkmark, indicating a multi-select action was performed.
  3. From the menu bar at the bottom of the screen that appears after selecting a video, choose one of these actions:
    • Move to: Select this to move the selected videos to a different folder.
    • Privacy: Select this to apply a new privacy setting to all selected videos.
    • Delete: Select this to delete the videos from your account permanently. You will be asked to confirm before the videos are deleted. 
  4. Tap the ellipses ... (more) icon at the bottom of the screen to open the action menu for additional management tools:
    • Add to showcase: Bulk add your videos to one of your showcases.
    • Rename: Select this to apply a new name to all selected videos. Videos will be renamed with the new name and a number to differentiate them, as shown below. 
      The Rename All screen for the Vimeo mobile app. The screen displays a main title field. Here, the title is 'Beginner cooking classes'. Below is a Preview of the renamed videos. There is a list of five video thumbnails with corresponding file names 'Beginner cooking classes-1' and 'Beginner cooking classes-2'."
    • Save videos: Download your videos in bulk to your mobile device or save them for offline viewing within the app when you're not connected to the internet.

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