Update the privacy settings of your video to control where your video can appear and who can watch it.
Change video privacy settings
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- From the left-hand menu, select Content.
- Hover over the video that you'd like to update. To see your live uploads, select the Live tab.
- Click the down arrow under 'Visibility' and choose Public, Private or Unlisted.
- Save.
Watch how to change video privacy settings
Have a look at the following video from the YouTube Creators channel on how to change video privacy settings.
What are video privacy settings on YouTube?
About privacy settings
Public videos
Private videos
Private videos and playlists can only be seen by you and the people who you choose. Your private videos won't appear in the Videos tab of your channel homepage. They also won't appear in YouTube's search results. YouTube systems and human reviewers may review private videos for ad suitability, copyright and other abuse prevention mechanisms.
To share a private video:
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- From the left-hand menu, select Content.
- Click the video that you'd like to edit.
- Click the Visibility box and select Share privately.
- Enter the email addresses of people who you'd like to share your video with, then select SAVE.
Comments are not available on private videos. If you want to allow comments on a video that's not publicly available, change the privacy setting to unlisted.
Unlisted videos
Unlisted videos and playlists can be seen and shared by anyone with the link. Your unlisted videos won't appear in the Videos tab of your channel homepage. They won't appear in YouTube's search results unless someone adds your unlisted video to a public playlist.
You can share an unlisted video's URL with other people. The people who you share the video with don't need a Google Account to see the video. Anyone with the link can also reshare it.
Feature | Private | Unlisted | Public |
---|---|---|---|
Can share URL | No | Yes | Yes |
Can be added to a channel section | No | Yes | Yes |
Appears in search, related videos and recommendations | No | No | Yes |
Posted on your channel | No | No | Yes |
Shows in subscriber feed | No | No | Yes |
Can be commented on | No | Yes | Yes |