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class="article"> <div class="art-pd"> <header class="article-header"> <h1 title="Set your video's viewing privacy before uploading" class="article-title"> Set your video's viewing privacy before uploading </h1>  </header> <section class="article-info"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="article-body"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before you add any videos to your Vimeo account, you can configure a default privacy setting for all uploads, as well as adjust the privacy setting on the upload page itself. If you're not sure which privacy setting to choose, <a href="https://help.vimeo.com/hc/en-us/articles/12426199699985" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">learn more about what each privacy setting means</a>.</span></p> <p><span class="wysiwyg-font-size-medium" style="font-weight: 400;">In this article:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="#h_01FMJSKV4KKNKHR0RT8YFSNRH5" target="_self">Set your upload default privacy settings</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="#h_01FQ4TG7VWJMP0PG0YXTEAY0HQ" target="_self">Default privacy settings for videos created in the Vimeo video editor</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="#h_01FMJSM0BT3M9STTAR5TMN4W36" target="_self">Change the privacy setting on the upload page</a></span></li> </ul> <h3 id="h_01FMJSKV4KKNKHR0RT8YFSNRH5">Set your upload default privacy settings</h3> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Log into Vimeo and navigate to your </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/settings/videos/upload_defaults" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">upload default settings</a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.<br><img src="/hc/article_attachments/18315934418321" alt="Screenshot 2023-09-05 at 6.45.34 PM.png" width="375" height="526"><br></span> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Navigate to the </span><strong>Privacy</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> section.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img src="/hc/article_attachments/18315918884881" alt="Screenshot 2023-09-05 at 6.44.28 PM.png" width="641" height="231"></span> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Use the settings here to determine what others can do with your uploaded videos, including:</span></li> </ol> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who can watch</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who can comment</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Where they can be embedded</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whether viewers can download them</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(Optional): Check the box next to </span><strong>Also apply to existing videos</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> if you want to apply these settings to all of your videos.</span> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Save your settings.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">⚠️ <strong>Note</strong>: If you make any changes to a video's privacy in an app (such as the Mevo app, Final Cut, iMovie, or the Vimeo app itself) that allows you to upload to Vimeo from a source other than Vimeo.com, any upload default settings you've set for your videos will be overridden. Any setting that is changed in an external app will take precedence over the upload defaults in the user's account settings. </span></p> <h3 id="h_01FQ4TG7VWJMP0PG0YXTEAY0HQ">Default privacy settings for videos created in the Vimeo video editor</h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Videos made with <strong><a href="https://help.vimeo.com/hc/en-us/articles/12426815178897" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vimeo </a></strong></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">will always save with the following privacy settings by default: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Basic and Free accounts → <strong>Private</strong></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><a href="http://vimeo.com/upgrade" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Plus and higher accounts</a></strong> → </span><strong>Unlisted</strong> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Accounts set to “</span><strong><a href="https://help.vimeo.com/hc/en-us/articles/12426205757201-Private-Mode-for-your-account" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Private mode</a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">” → </span><strong>Hide from Vimeo</strong> </li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">The video’s privacy can be updated later on the video settings page under by selecting the </span><a href="https://help.vimeo.com/hc/en-us/articles/12426181728273-Changing-the-privacy-settings-of-your-videos" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy setting </a><span style="font-weight: 400;">at the top right of the page. Note that videos created with uploaded music are locked to the </span>Private<span style="font-weight: 400;"> privacy.</span></strong></p> <h3 id="h_01FMJSM0BT3M9STTAR5TMN4W36">Change the privacy setting on the upload page</h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When you’re on the </span><strong><a href="https://vimeo.com/upload/videos" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">upload page</a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the default privacy setting can be found in the upper right corner. 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