How to disable the ability to download your videos

If you’d rather not have your videos available for download, you can disable the option. Under Privacy settings, we let our members specify whether they want to allow downloading. If you have disabled downloading, viewers won’t see the Download button on the video page.

In this article:

• How to disable downloads for one video
• How to disable downloads for all videos
• Additional information
  

How to disable downloads for one video

Follow these steps to learn how to disable the ability to download your videos:

1. 1. From your Library, select the video.
   2. Select your video's current privacy setting by clicking on the privacy icon on the Share button.
      
      
   3. Select the settings icon from the modal that opens up on your screen.
      
   4. Toggle to allow or disallow downloads and comments on your video.
      
   5. The setting will automatically save.

How to disable downloads for all videos

1. Navigate to the Upload defaults tab of your account settings.
2. Uncheck the box next to Download them (under the "What can people do with your videos?" heading).
3. Check the box next to "Also apply to existing videos," and then hit the Save button.
   
   

Additional information

• 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.