Password-protect a review link
Lock a cut behind one password that guards the video, the comments, and the downloads, not only the front page.
Open the link's settings, turn on Password protected, type the password, and click Save Changes. From that moment nothing behind the link loads without it: not the page, not the video, not the comments, not the downloads.
Set the password
From Review Links, open your link and find the Access Control section. Flip on Password protected, enter the password, and save. You can also set one while creating the link: the New Review Link dialog has a Password (optional) field.
Access Control in the link settings: turn on Password protected and type the password.
The URL never changes when you add a password, so a link you already sent can be locked after the fact.
What the password actually covers
This is not a splash screen a viewer can click past. The password is enforced on everything the link serves: the asset list, playback, the comment stream, the comments PDF export, and any downloads. Your reviewer enters it once, and every request after that is checked against the same proof.
Share it like a secret
Send the password in a separate message from the link itself. One password covers every asset and every viewer on the link, so there is nothing to hand out per person.
Require an email to view
A password controls who gets in; the email gate tells you who came. Turn on Require email to view (it sits next to the password in the link's Access Control settings) and viewers type their email address, with name and company optional, before anything loads. You can swap the default prompt ("Enter your email to continue") for your own message.
The address does real work: every view through the gate is attributed to that person by name in your analytics, the address flows into your Contacts, and if the link carries a watermark, it stamps the viewer's identity into it. Entering an email creates no account, and the gate remembers each viewer in their browser, so nobody types it twice. If a password is set too, the password is asked first, then the email.
Change or remove it
Type a new password over the old one, or toggle Password protected off to clear it, then save. Either way your reviewer keeps the same address: these are settings on the link, not something baked into the file, so the URL never changes.
Next steps
- Give the link a shelf life too: Set a review link to expire.
- Need it gone right now: Turn a review link off.
Questions
Can I set a different password for each reviewer?
No. One password covers every asset and every viewer on the link, so there is nothing to hand out per person. If you want each viewer identified by name without a shared secret, turn on Require email to view instead: every visitor gives an email address before the page opens.
What is the difference between the password and the email gate?
The password is a shared secret that controls access: you hand it out, and one password covers everyone. The email gate asks each viewer for their own address and attributes their views to it, so it is about knowing who came rather than keeping people out. You can run both; the password is asked first.
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