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title: How to import a video?
description: This article will answer your questions on how to import videos to Identity Cloak, with or without audio, to start your video redaction.
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# How to import a video?

## This article will answer your questions on how to import videos to Identity Cloak, with or without audio, to start your video redaction.

1. Open Identity Cloak, on the start screen of Identity Cloak, you will see a tick box and two buttons
2. The tick box allows you to include audio with your video, you will need to tick this if you wish to add audio   
   ![Open screen - tick box](https://knowledgebase.facit.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Open%20screen%20-%20tick%20box.png?width=688&name=Open%20screen%20-%20tick%20box.png)
3. Click ‘import video’ ![Open screen - Import Video](https://knowledgebase.facit.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Open%20screen%20-%20Import%20Video.png?width=688&name=Open%20screen%20-%20Import%20Video.png)
4. Select the video from your system to upload to Identity Cloak 
5. Click ‘Open’ 
6. That is your import complete 

**Video**

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*Audio only works with importing videos, and is useful for videos from body cameras for example * 

 

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