Videos
Add and play videos directly on your Notion pages with embedded video players 🎥
Notion supports a variety of streaming services, including YouTube and Vimeo. For instance, here's how an embedded YouTube video looks on a Notion page:
Examples
For your independent productions, you can upload a video file to play in our custom player. Here's how it will look:
Embed a video
Anywhere on your Notion page, you can add a video from any streaming service that offers embed links. There are a couple ways to do this:
Create a video block
- Click the
+
that appears to the left when you hover over a new line. ChooseVideo
and pressenter
. - You can also type
/video
and pressenter
. - In the menu that appears, select
Embed Link
, then paste the video's share URL from the streaming service and clickEmbed video
.

Turn a URL into a video embed
- On a new line, paste a video's URL from a streaming service.
- In the menu that appears, choose
Create Embed
.

Add your own video file
You can upload your own video files to play in our custom player. Notion offers two ways to add a video file:
Create a video block
- Click the
+
that appears to the left when you hover over a new line. ChooseVideo
and pressenter
. - You can also type
/video
and pressenter
. - In the menu that appears, select
Upload
, and choose your video file.

Drag and drop
- You can also drag your video file into a Notion page from your desktop or a folder on your computer. Notion will automatically convert it to our custom video player.

Resize a video
You can adjust the height and width of videos to suit the style of your Notion page:
- Hover your mouse over the video, then drag the black bars that appear on the sides.

Arrange videos
- Use drag-and-drop to move videos around your page. Hover over your video, then use the
⋮⋮
icon that appears as a handle to drag it. - You can also drag and drop videos into columns.

Add a caption
Captions can help you provide more context about your video.
- Hover over the video and click
•••
at the top right or⋮⋮
on the left. You can also right click on the video itself. - Select
Caption
and enter whatever text you want. - You can format your caption with bold, italics, colors and other styles available for standard text in Notion.

Comment on a video
You can leave a comment on a video, just like any other type of content block:
- Hover over the video and click
•••
at the top right or⋮⋮
on the left. You can also right click on the video itself. - Select
Comment
, and enter whatever you have to say or ask about the video.
🎒
Tip: Tag your workspace collaborators with
@
to notify them of comments intended for them specifically.
Replace your video file or embed
If you make updates to a custom video, you'll want to replace the file on your Notion page:
- Hover over the video and click
•••
at the top right or⋮⋮
on the left. You can also right click on the video itself. - Choose
Replace
. Upload
the new file.

Play a video in full screen
To view your video at the size of your screen, you can expand it in two ways.
- Hover over the video and click
•••
at the top right or⋮⋮
on the left. You can also right click on the video itself. SelectFull Screen
. - If it's a YouTube embed, click the dashed square icon at the bottom right of the video.

Delete a video
- Hover over your video and click
•••
at the top right or⋮⋮
on the left. You can also right click on the video itself. - Choose
Delete
.

FAQs
Is there a limit on the size of video I can upload?
On Free Plans, the limit is 5MB. For paid plans, there's no limit!
Can I justify videos to be left/right/center aligned?
Notion doesn't have traditional alignment options at the moment. For now, you can align content left or right by creating a new empty line under it, then using the⋮⋮
icon to drag it to the left or right to the content. If you drag it to the left, your content will move right, and vice versa. You're essentially creating a new empty column that you can also resize.
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