How To Share Private Videos on YouTube

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YouTube offers a private video feature where you upload a video and set its visibility to private. This means that only people you specify in your settings will be able to watch the video. However, the feature is only available on the desktop version of YouTube, and not its mobile version.

People choose to share private videos for various reasons. Whatever your reasons are, in this detailed article, we will share a step-by-step tutorial on how to share private videos on YouTube.

Let’s begin

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Follow these three steps to share your YouTube video privately

Let’s begin

1. Open YouTube On Your Browser

Launch YouTube on your desktop browser. Click on the upload button on the top right corner of the page, and upload the video you want to share.

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2. Set Visibility to Private

As soon as the video starts to upload, go to the visibility section and ensure that it is set to private.

3. Grant Access to Receipients

Click on the “share privately” link in blue ink. A dialogue box will appear, where you can input the email addresses of the people you want to share the video with. You can share with up to 50 people.

Check the “notify “ box on the bottom left corner if you want the recipients to be notified via email. Otherwise, leave it unchecked.

Once the email addresses have been added, click on the “done” button. It’s that simple.

The recipients must have a Google account and be logged into YouTube to view the video.

If you want to share a private video that has already been uploaded, you will need to go to YouTube Studio to share the video.

In the left sidebar of YouTube Studio, click on “content.” In the right pane, select the video you want to share. Click on “Get shareable link” and share.

What are the advantages of keeping a video private on YouTube?

While most times, you want as many views as possible on your videos, sometimes, you have one reason or two to keep a video private. For example, say you have a confidential business project that you do not want the whole world to see.

Some other advantages are:

Saves internal storage space
You can own your private video library
You can share videos with loved ones

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Final Thoughts On Sharing Private Videos On YoutTube

If you have been wondering how to activate this setting in your YouTube account, there you have it.

The settings can be changed at any given time. The decision to make your video private does not have to be permanent. You can also decide to revert the changes you have made at any time. I hope this article was helpful.

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