Share a video with a contact

Share directly with someone you've shared with before — no email retyping. Shares are temporary by default.

If you've shared with someone before — or they've shared with you — they're a contact. Sharing with a contact is one click.

1
Open the video and click Share
Either on the video page or via the contextual menu in the search list. The same modal handles every share method.
2
Pick Contact
The picker shows the contacts you've recently shared with at the top, then everyone else. Type a name to filter.
3
Choose how long it stays shared
Pick a duration — 1 day, 1 week (the default), or 1 month. The share expires on its own afterwards; nobody has to clean it up, and the recipient is never told it lapsed.
4
Confirm
The recipient gets an email with a link. They log in with their existing account; the video appears in their Shared with me view. Opening it marks it as seen automatically — there's no "mark as read" step.

Shares are temporary by default

A direct share is usually a "look at this now" moment, so it expires after a week unless you chose otherwise. If the recipient wants a video for good, they can keep their own copy — an independent video that survives whatever you later do.

The recipient can hide it

If a share isn't interesting, the recipient can Hide it — or Hide all — to clear it from their list. Hiding is silent (you're never notified) and doesn't cut their access; the share simply lapses at its expiry.

Not a contact yet?

For people you've never interacted with, share by email — enter their address and they'll get a link they can open without an account, even if they later sign up with a different email. Or use the share link or QR code to send it any other way.

Revoke any time

Open the same Share modal — every active share appears in the Shared with list. The X next to a recipient revokes their access immediately, before expiry.

Share a video with a contact

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