Search and delete multiple videos

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With the Admin toggle turned ON, Stream (Classic) administrators can search for video content using advanced filters in the Videos discovery screen. Once administrators find what they’re looking for, they can select multiple videos from this screen and bulk delete them. The bulk delete action moves all selected videos to the Recycle bin in Admin settings.

Search across Stream (Classic)

  1. Go to Discover > Videos

    Videos on Discover top bar.

  2. Turn on the Admin toggle

    Search results pivots.

Advanced video discovery

  1. Administrators can access the following advanced search filters

    Search filters for video discovery.

  2. To discover videos created after/before a specific date, select the date from the Created after/Created before dropdown

    |Created after date selection.|Created before date selection|

  3. To discover videos created by a specific user, enter the creator's name or email, and press Enter in Created by. Select the correct user from the dropdown.

    Creator selection.

    To remove the selected creator, click X.

  4. To discover videos based on privacy—videos shared organization wide versus videos shared with a limited set of people—select the option from the Privacy dropdown

    Privacy options.

  5. To discover videos based on type—Team meeting recordings versus live events versus others—select the option from the Video type dropdown

    Video types.

  6. To search videos based on the applied filters, click Search

    Search button.

Bulk deletion

  1. To select videos, select the checkbox to the left of the videos

    Video selection.

    To select all videos visible on the page, click Select all

    Select all videos.

    Note

    To load more videos on the page, click the Show more link.

  2. To delete selected videos, click Delete video(s)

    Delete videos button.

    Note

    This will move the selected videos to the Recycle bin within the Admin settings.

See also

Search content

Replace video