Share or keep stories private
Control biography privacy and individual chapter share links.
Use privacy settings to control whether your biography is public or private. Use Share this chapter on an individual chapter when you want to create or turn off private reading links for that chapter only.
Who this is for
Storytellers and family helpers deciding who should see or contribute to stories.
Before you start
What to do next
- Open privacy settings.
- Review whether your biography is currently public or private.
- Turn Make My Biography Public on only if anyone with the biography link should be able to view it.
- Turn it off if only you and accepted contributors should be able to view it.
- Select Save settings.
- To share one chapter, open your biography, choose the chapter, and find Share this chapter.
- Choose an expiration option, then select Create and copy link.
- To stop chapter-link access later, select Turn off all share links for that chapter.
What you should see
How you know it worked
Privacy settings show Saved and the current public/private status. A chapter share card shows Active after a link exists, and copied-link text tells you to paste the link into a message.
If something goes wrong
A chapter link went to the wrong person.
Use Turn off all share links and create a new link if needed.
Someone cannot open a share link.
It may be expired, revoked, or tied to a chapter that is no longer live.
Someone needs to contribute memories.
Use the community page rather than a chapter share link.
Still need a hand?
Reach our support team through the contact page. We are glad to help, and you do not need to sign in first.
Go to the contact page