Set a playlist or deal room expiration date
Set a playlist or deal room expiration date
About This Feature​
Set an expiration date on a playlist or deal room and it becomes unviewable after that date — useful for time-boxed campaigns, deal cycles, or content whose accuracy has a shelf life. Viewers who follow the link after expiry see a "no longer available" screen instead of the content.
Snapshot 📸​
Feature Status: Included with Playlists and Deal rooms
Role Access: Admin, Editor, Presenter — anyone with edit rights on the item
Location: Playlist or deal room editor → Settings menu → Playlist expiration date / Deal room expiration date
Set an Expiration Date​
- Open the playlist or deal room in edit mode.
- Open the Settings menu in the editor.
- Turn on Playlist expiration date (in a deal room: Deal room expiration date), then pick a date. The date must be today or later.
- The content stays available through the end of the day you pick, in UTC time — it stops loading once that day ends in UTC, regardless of the viewer's own time zone.
- The date takes effect as soon as it's saved — no publish step required.
To clear the date, turn the expiration date toggle off. The playlist or deal room becomes viewable again for anyone with the link.
What Viewers See After Expiration​
Once the date has passed, opening the link shows a screen titled "Playlist is no longer available" with the message "This playlist's expiration date has passed." (Deal rooms currently show the same wording.) The content itself never loads.
The expiration check comes before any access code or email gate, so viewers are not asked for a code or their email first. They cannot bypass it by refreshing or by using a saved link. Members of your workspace who can edit the item can still open it in the app to update or extend it.
Analytics on views that happened before expiration are preserved and continue to appear in insights.
Extending or Removing an Expiration​
Open the settings again and either:
- Pick a new later date, or
- Turn the expiration date off.
The content becomes viewable again as soon as you save — no need to republish.
FAQs​
Does the expiration date apply to embedded playlists? Yes. Any embed of the playlist or deal room stops loading at expiry, regardless of where it is embedded.
Can I set an expiration date on individual demos inside a playlist? This setting applies to the whole playlist or deal room. Standalone demos have their own expiration date in the demo's share settings — see Publish & share demos.
Why did my playlist expire earlier (or later) than I expected? Expiration is calculated at the end of the selected day in UTC, not in your local time zone. Depending on where you are, that can fall during your afternoon or evening of that day, or early the next morning.
If I duplicate an expired playlist or deal room, is the copy expired too? No. A copy never inherits the original's expiration date — set a new one on the copy if you need it.
Do owners and colleagues get blocked too? Members who can edit the item can still open it through the app to edit or extend it. Public share links stop working for everyone once the date passes.