# Sharing a project

> Three visibilities, what each one means in practice, and how to take something down after you have shared it.

Source: https://www.revquix.com/docs/projects/sharing-a-project
Last verified: 2026-09-03

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**If you want to show someone your code**, share the project. It has one of three visibilities, and
you change it whenever you like.

| Visibility   | Who can see it                                            |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Private**  | Only you. The default.                                    |
| **Unlisted** | Anyone with the link. Not on your profile, not in search. |
| **Public**   | Anyone, and it appears on your profile.                   |

## Unlisted versus public

Unlisted is the one to use for "look at this" - a link you send to one person, an answer in a thread,
a portfolio piece not ready to be listed. It is not secret: anyone who gets the link can open it, and
links get forwarded.

Public adds it to your profile, where it is part of how you are presented. Use it for work you would
be happy to be judged on.

## What a viewer sees

Your files, read-only, and the ability to run them. They cannot edit your project and nothing they do
affects it.

> **Warning** - Everything in the project is shared, not just the interesting file
>
> That includes notes, data files, half-finished experiments and anything you pasted in while
> debugging. Check the tree before you make something public - a credential in a config file is shared
> as readily as your solution.

## Taking it down

Set it back to Private and the link stops working. There is no waiting period.

A project can also be taken down by us if it breaks the rules - the dialog says so plainly when that
has happened rather than failing silently.

## Sharing and archiving

Archiving a project does not unshare it. If you are done with something and want it gone from public
view, set it Private first and archive second - archiving on its own hides it from _your_ list, not
from anybody holding the link.

- [Your projects dashboard](https://www.revquix.com/docs/projects/your-projects-dashboard) - Archiving, and finding things again.

- [Web projects and preview](https://www.revquix.com/docs/projects/web-projects-and-preview) - Sharing something that renders.