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A simple map of who can see your albums. For the full checklists, see Creating an album → Security, Creating a folder → Security, and Home page → Password.
Overview Your account password is only for signing in. Guest passwords gate what visitors see on your Home page, folders, and albums. They are separate: never give your account password to guests. Shared, Hidden, Personal & Gallery Shared — Listed on your home/folder navigation; optional guest password. Hidden — Not listed; guests need the direct URL (and password if set). Personal — Only you when logged in; no sharing or invitations. Gallery — Public-oriented; submission to the public gallery may apply. See album security and folder security. Guest passwords & URL parameters Append ?pa=guestpassword to a home, folder, or album URL so guests are not prompted again on the same browser session when passwords match across items. Details: Share Albums, same password tip.Linked albums & what guests see Linked albums mirror another album’s content; upload and many owner tools are hidden. Guests still follow the source album’s access rules. See what cannot be linked and Album bar. Downloads, right-click & hotlinking Global download setting, per-album right-click disable, and guest permissions interact. Premium hotlinking is a separate choice from “may download a zip in the UI.” See bulk download and viewer (enlarged Share menu for copy and download). Search engines & meta tags Meta tags can allow custom HTML, default author/title/description, or Disallow to discourage indexing. This is account-wide policy for how pages expose metadata to crawlers. |