How libraries work on Vimeo
All of your content lives in a Library. How it's organized depends on whether you use Vimeo on your own or you're part of a team.
- If you use Vimeo on your own, you have a single space: your Library. Everything you upload lives here.
- When you create a team to collaborate, that space splits into two: My Library (your personal content) and Team Library (the content you share with your team).
Nothing is deleted, and your privacy settings don't change.
The libraries at a glance
| Space | When you see it | What it's for |
|---|---|---|
| Library | When you use Vimeo on your own | A single space for all your content |
| My Library | When you're part of a team | Your personal content, kept separate from the team's |
| Team Library | When you're part of a team | Content shared with the people on your team |
If you use Vimeo on your own: your Library
When you work on your own, you have a single space: your Library.
- Everything you upload goes here.
- You don't need to create a team to use Vimeo: it's optional, including on a paid plan.
- You keep a simple experience, with no separate team library, until you choose to create one.
When you create a team: My Library and Team Library
The moment you decide to collaborate with others, you create a team. From then on, your space splits in two:
- My Library → your personal space. This is where the content you want to keep to yourself stays.
- Team Library → the space shared with your team members, designed for working together on the same content.
The Team Library isn't just "another personal folder": it exists specifically for sharing and collaboration. That's why it only appears once a team actually exists.
Good to know: creating a team isn't a permanent decision. If you change your mind later and you want to continue on your own, you can go back to a single Library.
What happens to your content
- Nothing is deleted. Every folder and video stays in one place instead of two.
- Privacy never changes. Public, password, and private links stay exactly as you set them.
- Want a team later? Invite someone to your team to automatically restore a separate Team library.
How to create a team and start collaborating
- Open your Library
- Select Start your team
- Follow the steps to set up your team
- When you're done, your Team Library is ready: from then on, you'll see My Library and Team Library as two separate spaces
- Invite the people you want to collaborate with
How to add content to the Team Library
- Upload new content directly to the Team Library, or move the content you want to share into the Team Library.
- The content you want to keep to yourself stays in your My Library.
Going back to a single library
If you're an admin and you remove your last collaborator, you can decide whether to merge the libraries back into one for a cleaner setup, or keep them divided in case you want to re-invite collaborators later without losing the split.
Either way, you can merge them later from the merge option in your Library.
If you merge, all the content from your My Library and Team Library comes together inside the Library, at the same level — there are no longer two separate spaces, and your content all lives in one place.
FAQs
Do I need to create a team to use a paid plan?
No. Creating a team is optional. If you work on your own, you keep using your Library, even on a paid plan.
What's the difference between My Library and Team Library?
Your My Library is your personal space. The Team Library is the space shared with the people on your team, designed for collaboration. You only see both when you're part of a team.
Is the content in My Library visible to others?
If you use Vimeo on your own, everything is in your Library and it isn't shared with anyone. If you're part of a team, your My Library stays personal and isn't shown to your teammates — only the Team Library is shared.
What happens to my content when I create a team?
Nothing moves on its own. When you create a team, you decide what to share: content you move to the Team Library is visible to your team, while everything else stays in your My Library.
Does moving a video between libraries change who can see it?
Externally no, your privacy settings stay exactly the same.
Within your team, a video moved to the Team Library becomes visible to your team members, where before it wasn't, to allow collaboration on the same file.
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