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Every project is private by default: only members of your workspace can open it. To show a project to someone outside your workspace, create a share link. The chat history, including every message, is never part of what you share.
Changing who can access a project is available on the Pro and Agency plans. On the Free plan, projects stay visible to workspace members only.
You can manage sharing in two places:
  • From the top bar: Click Share next to Publish. Choose who can see the project, copy the link, and invite more people.
  • From Chat settings: Go to Settings → General → Sharing to change who can access the project.
Both control the same setting and stay in sync. Chatoverview9

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Who has access

  • Only workspace members: The project is visible to the members of your workspace. Click Copy link to get the address of the chat itself, which only they can open.
  • Anyone with the link: Anyone who has the share link can open a preview of the project, even without a Macaly account. The chat history is not included.
When you select Anyone with the link, you also choose what people can do in the preview:
  • Can view: They see the preview of the project only.
  • Can comment: They can browse the preview, add comments, and reply to them. See Comments.
The link stays the same when you change the permission. Switching back to Can view doesn’t delete existing comments. Switching back to Only workspace members stops the share link from working.

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Inviting people to the workspace

To give someone full access to the project, including the chat, add them to your workspace. Click Invite new workspace members in the share panel, which takes you to Settings → Members. See Members.

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Sharing with the community

To put a published project in the public gallery on your profile, use Share to community in the Publish dialog. That is a separate setting from the share link, and the chat stays private either way. See Showcase a project.

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Protecting the published site

Sharing controls who sees the project inside Macaly. Once you publish, the live site is visible to everyone on the internet by default. If it should only be open to people you choose, set a password on it under Settings → General → Published website access. See Chat settings.