YouTube UK Blog: More Choice for Users: Unlisted Videos

More Choice for Users: Unlisted Videos

Thursday, 13 May 2010

Melinda teaches at a high school in San Francisco and recently reached out to us with a problem. Her students just finished a video history project that she wanted to share with their parents and classmates. But she was concerned about posting the videos publicly because she didn’t want the whole world to find them (frankly, neither did her students). Melinda told us YouTube’s private sharing options -- a 25-person cap that’s limited to other YouTube users -- didn’t work for her. She needed an alternative option to privately share her students’ talent.

As a result we have rolled out a new choice that will help Melinda and other people like her: unlisted videos.

With this feature, you can mark your videos as "unlisted." This means only people who have the link to the video will be able to watch it. It won’t appear in any of YouTube’s public pages, in search results, on your personal channel or on the browse page. It’s a private video, except you don’t need a YouTube account to watch it and there is no limit to the number of people who can view it. You’ll get a link when you upload the video and then it’s up to you to decide who to share it with. Unlisted is the perfect option for that class project, video from last summer’s family reunion or your secret Broadway audition tape.

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13 comments :

啟佐13 May 2010 at 18:12
IT IS A VERY NICE SUGGESTION, THANK YOU LOTS! ........................................
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JarrettLoaiza08748113 May 2010 at 18:15
Necessity is the mother of invention................................................................
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Tom14 May 2010 at 06:29
OH MY GOD! Finally youtube hs changed something for the better, I am really losing my patience about the new layout situation, are you going to answer anyones questions or give us the old layout back???

Who am I kidding? Youtube won't see this.. :(

PS-Anone know how I can get in touch with "KipKay"? He's blocked me on youtube and I want to know why..
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droobey14 May 2010 at 07:38
Very nice addition.

Wait... isnt this how private videos used to work?

Oh.

Very nice re addition
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KayBlue1014 May 2010 at 15:45
Nice going youtube :)
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Truedantalion15 May 2010 at 07:44
This inded is a good idea and an improvement.

~Michael
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