# Content Restrictions

Geo-blocking rule is a setting that allows or disallows videos to be available in your selected countries.

# Change a Project's Default Geo-blocking Rule

The video uploaded to the project will apply the project's default Geo-blocking rules. You can change the rule by the following steps:

  1. On the homepage, select the project, then click Manage Project menu.
  2. Under Upload Default Settings group, click Geo-blocking button.
  3. Click Geo-blocking settings button.

No geo-blocking rule matches your needs? Learn how to create a new geo-blocking rule

# Choose a Geo-blocking Rule Before Uploading Videos

You can also choose your desired rule, which will be applied to the videos you are about to upload on the video uploading page.

  1. On the homepage, select a project, then click Upload button.
  2. In the Geo-blocking box on the right, click Select button and choose your desired rule.

# Change a Geo-blocking rule of Videos That were Already Uploaded

You can override the project's Geo-Blocking Rules for each video after uploading it.

  1. On the homepage, select a project, and choose your desired video.
  2. Click Geo-Blocking button on the left menu and choose your desired rule.

# Create a New Geo-blocking Rule

Creating a geo-blocking rule will reduce your setup time when you need to restrict many videos at once.

  1. Click the Manage menu, which is located on the most left blue menu bar of the website.
  2. In the left sidebar, select Geo-blocking Rules menu, then click New Rule button.
  • All countries are allowed: Select this option if you want your videos to be able to accessed from any country.
  • Deny for Some Country: Select this option if you want to specify countries that cannot access your videos.
  • Custom: Select this option if you want to specify countries that can or cannot access your videos.

Moreover, you can also edit and duplicate geo-blocking rules inside this page.

# Settings Examples

(You don't need to name a rule to match an example.)

# Videos can be accessed from any country, except China.

# Videos can only be accessed from Thailand.