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How do I share a video with a password?
Upload the video above and copy the link. Open the link's settings, set a password (Pro), and send the link one way and the password another. The viewer opens the link, types the password, and the video plays in the browser. The upload and the link are free; the password control is part of Pro.
The gate sits in front of the file, not just the page
The video is never served from a public address. The player only receives a short signed URL, valid for about a minute, after the password check passes. Someone who guesses the page address still sees the password box, and copying the player's source gets them a link that is already dead.
Change the password and old unlocks stop working
An unlock is a signed cookie tied to the exact password that was used. Set a new password and every browser that unlocked with the old one has to enter the new one. Handy when a cut went to the wrong person, or a project ends and you want the old crew out.
No account, no invite email, no 'request access' button. They tap the link on a phone or laptop, type the password once, and the video plays with the normal browser player, with seeking and full screen. The unlock lasts a few hours in that browser, then they enter it again.
Replace the file and the same link now plays version four. The password stays, the view count stays, the message you already sent still works. Replacing is free on every plan; keeping the earlier versions to restore later is Pro.
The password is a Pro control. Uploading the video and sharing the link is free; setting a password on it, like expiry and the view limit, needs Pro. On a free account the control is visible but locked.
A password is not DRM. Once the video is playing, a screen recorder captures it like any other video. The password decides who gets in; it cannot control what they do once they are in.
Send the password on a different channel than the link. A link and its password in the same email protect nothing if that email is forwarded. Email the link, text the password.
MP4, WebM and MOV play in the browser. Free covers files up to 100 MB; Pro raises the per-file limit. Export at 1080p with H.264 to keep a long cut under the cap.
How it works
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Upload the video
Drop an MP4, MOV or WebM on the box above. You get a short link in a few seconds, and the video plays in any browser from that link.
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Set a password in the link's settings
Open the link in your dashboard, go to Access, type a password of at least four characters and click Set. This control is Pro. Add an expiry date or a view limit in the same panel if you want them.
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Send the link and the password separately
Email the link, text the password. The viewer opens the page, types the password once, and the video plays. Watch the view count, and change the password later to cut off anyone who had the old one.
Sending a cut to a client without putting it on the internet
A rough cut is the most sensitive file an editor handles. It has the client's product before launch, the wedding before the couple has seen it, the interview before legal has cleared it. An unlisted YouTube or Vimeo link is 'private' only until someone pastes it into a group chat. A password protected link changes the question from 'who has the URL' to 'who has the password', and you can change the password the moment a project wraps. The link itself is a plain web page your client opens on a phone in a cab, so the review happens today instead of after they find a laptop.
·One link per cut, or one link you keep replacing: both work.
·Pair it with view-only so the download button disappears for the client.
·Turn the link off with one switch when the final is delivered.
What actually happens when someone opens the link
The page loads with a password box and nothing else: no thumbnail of the video, no file name you did not choose, no player. When the password is right, the server sets a signed cookie in that browser and only then hands the player a short-lived address for the bytes. That address expires after about a minute and is checked against the cookie, so it cannot be copied out of the page and shared. The password itself is stored as a salted hash; we cannot read it back, and neither can anyone else. Every one of these checks runs on the file, not in the page's JavaScript, which is the difference between a lock and a curtain.
·Wrong password: an error shows, nothing is served, and repeated guesses are rate limited.
·Right password: the video plays with seeking and full screen, on any phone or desktop browser.
·The link's social preview shows a generic card, not a frame from your video.
Link in the email, password in the text
The habit that makes a password worth anything is sending it separately. Put the link in the email or the project thread, where it is convenient and searchable. Send the password by text, in a call, or in a different app. If the email is forwarded, the forward is useless without the second channel. Pick a password the person can type on a phone keyboard: a short phrase beats a string of symbols, and it needs at least four characters. For a family video, the grandparents' street name works better than anything a password manager would suggest, because the goal is that the right people get in, not that a computer fails to.
Stack it with an expiry date, a view limit or view-only
The password answers 'who'. The other controls answer 'how long' and 'how much'. A lawyer sending a deposition clip can add a date so the link dies after the hearing. A trainer can set a view limit so a paid lesson opens five times and then stops. A photographer can switch off downloads so the highlight film is watched, not saved and re-uploaded to a public feed. Each control is its own switch in the link's settings and they all run on the server, so a visitor who clears the password still hits the next gate. The view count and the notify-on-open email keep working behind all of them.
·Expiry date: the link stops at the minute you pick, and the visitor sees a clear 'expired' page.
·View limit: open once, five times or any number, then it stops.
·View-only: the download button goes away. Free on every plan.
Why not an unlisted YouTube link or a Drive folder?
Unlisted means hidden from search, not locked. Anyone who has the address can watch and forward it, and the platform may still show it as a suggestion to people who watched a related video. A Drive share is locked to an account, which is the other failure: your client's spouse, your aunt without a Google login, the contractor using a work address all hit 'request access', and you spend the afternoon approving. A password protected link is the middle ground that both of those miss: locked, but not tied to an account. One password, sent once, and everyone you chose can watch on whatever device they are holding.
Know it was watched, without asking
Every link counts opens for free, so 'did you get a chance to look at the cut?' becomes a glance at the dashboard. Pro adds the device and country split, and an email the moment the link is opened, which is the one you want for a client review: you see the open at 9:40, you expect notes by lunch. The count measures opens of the page after the password passed, not seconds watched, and a refresh in the same browser session does not add a second open. If you need to know who, by name, the email gate is the control for that; a password is shared by everyone you gave it to and cannot tell them apart.
Set an end date or a view cap and the link stops on its own. Send a quote that expires Friday, or a preview that closes after five opens, without remembering to delete it.
Send a rough cut for notes without putting unreleased footage on a public platform.
Families
Share the birth video or the reunion film with relatives only, no social feed, no app for grandparents.
Trainers and coaches
Deliver a paid lesson to the people who paid, and change the password when the cohort ends.
Lawyers and HR
Send a deposition clip or an interview recording to one counterpart, with a date on it.
What people say
In their words
“The admin interface is incredibly intuitive and set up exactly how a user actually thinks. My students all said it was easy to use and worked perfectly.”
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“The app is genuinely nice and easy to handle. I keep all my different app links in one place, my App Store and Play Store screenshots, and I organise my images and PDFs into albums with tags. The big storage means everything just lives here.”
EEvelynApp developer
“I handle contracts, invoices and legal files for several different organisations, so almost everything I send is password protected. Link in Seconds makes that simple, and I run my portfolio on a custom domain. It is easy to use and genuinely affordable.”
The upload and the link are free. Setting a password on a link is a Pro control, along with the expiry date, the view limit and the email gate. On a free account the control is visible but locked.
No. They open the link, type the password once, and the video plays in the browser with the normal player. The unlock lasts a few hours in that browser; after that they enter the password again.
No. The video is not served from a public address. After the password passes, the player gets a signed address that is valid for about a minute and bound to that browser's unlock. Copying it out of the page gives a link that has already expired.
Every unlock is tied to the password that was used. Change it and everyone who unlocked with the old one has to enter the new one. Removing the password makes the link open for anyone with the address.
You see how many times the link was opened, and on Pro the device and country split plus an email when it is opened. A password is shared by everyone you gave it to, so it cannot tell people apart. To know who by email address, turn on the email gate instead or as well.
MP4, WebM and MOV play in the browser; MP4 with H.264 is the safest choice. Free covers files up to 100 MB; Pro raises the limit to 200 MB. Export at 1080p to keep a long cut under the cap.
Yes, on every plan. Replace the file in the link's settings and the same link plays the new version, with the password and the view count unchanged. Keeping earlier versions to restore later is Pro.
No. A password controls who gets in; once the video is playing it can be recorded like any other video. Pair it with view-only to hide the download button, and keep the password with people you trust.
Send the video, keep the door
Upload for free, add the password on Pro, and the right people watch in their browser with nothing to install.
