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Share a Chat

Chats are Private by default. You can change a saved chat to Public and share its URL with another person.

  • Private: only the chat owner can open the chat.
  • Public: anyone with the link can open the chat without signing in.

A public visitor gets a read-only view. They can read the shared conversation but cannot send messages, change its settings, or edit the owner's chat.

Before you share

Changing a chat to Public exposes the conversation to anyone who receives or discovers its URL. Review the entire chat first, including earlier messages and generated content.

Do not share a chat that contains:

  • passwords, API keys, Developer Keys, tokens, or authentication details;
  • personal, financial, medical, legal, customer, or employee information;
  • private source code, internal plans, contracts, or client work;
  • uploaded filenames, file contents, images, or generated media that others should not see.

Removing sensitive text from a later message does not remove it from earlier messages. Create a separate clean chat when you need to share only part of your work.

Make the open chat public

The Share button appears after the chat has been saved.

  1. Open the chat you want to share.
  2. On a desktop-sized screen, select Share in the top-right corner.
  3. In Share Chat, select Public.
  4. When Shareable Link appears, select Copy.
  5. Select Done, then send the copied link only to the intended recipients.

The shareable link is the chat's current https://writingmate.ai/chat/... URL. Writingmate does not create a separate copy of the conversation.

Change visibility from chat history

You can also update visibility without opening the share dialog:

  1. Find the chat in the sidebar history.
  2. Open its More (...) menu.
  3. Open Share.
  4. Select Public or Private.

The history menu changes visibility but does not display a copy button. To copy a public link, open the chat and use Share, or copy the chat URL from the browser address bar.

Update a public chat

The public link points to the original chat. If the owner continues the conversation, newly saved messages can become visible at the same link. Review the chat again after adding messages, files, images, or other content.

Changing the chat name or moving it into a Project does not create a new share link. Its chat URL remains the same.

Revoke public access

To stop public access from the open chat:

  1. Open the chat and select Share.
  2. Select Private.
  3. Select Done.

You can also use the chat's More (...) menu in history, then choose Share > Private.

After the update, only the owner can open the chat. Other visitors receive a not-found page. The URL itself is not rotated or deleted. If you later make the same chat Public again, people with an old copy of that URL can access it again.

Revoking access cannot remove copies that someone already downloaded, copied, screenshotted, or forwarded. If sensitive information was shared, also rotate any exposed credentials and follow the appropriate privacy or security process.

Sharing is not collaboration

Public sharing provides a read-only view; it does not invite someone into your workspace or let them continue your chat. To work together inside Writingmate, use workspace membership when that feature is available for your account.