Sharing
The public link, what somebody who is not signed in can see, and how to stop sharing.
A picture or a file can be given a link that opens without signing in. It is the only part of this installation that anybody can reach without an account, and it is deliberately narrow.
Making a link
Open the picture or the file in the library, or in the images gallery.
Choose Copy link. The link is copied rather than shown, because a link that is shown is a link somebody types wrong.
Send it however you like. The person who opens it sees the picture or the file with a download control, and nothing else.
What the link is
| Kind | Address |
|---|---|
| Image | /i/images/ plus the identifier |
| File | /i/files/ plus the identifier |
The page shows the item, a download control, and a generated preview card for the link itself, so a link pasted into a chat application previews rather than reading as a bare address.
What is deliberately not exposed
- No name of the account that made it, no address, and no link back into the product.
- No directory of anything. Knowing one link tells you nothing about any other.
- No edit, no delete, and no re-share control on the page itself.
Stopping a share
Deleting the item is what stops the link: the page then answers as a missing page. If only the link should stop working while the item stays, delete it and upload it again, which is the honest description of what the product does today rather than a promise about a share-revocation screen that does not exist yet.
A public link is public
There is no password on it, no expiry and no view limit. Treat one as something that may end up anywhere, because a link in a message can be forwarded. Before you tell users the feature exists, decide whether the material they are likely to share is material you are comfortable being public.
The settings that surround it
| Setting | Where it lives | What it decides |
|---|---|---|
| Whether a plan may generate images | Money → Entitlements | Which plans can make the pictures that get shared |
| Which image models may be used | Content → Image generation | What can be drawn and what prompts are refused |
| Storage limits and retention | Platform → Storage & files | How much an account may hold, and for how long |
For a support page, one paragraph is enough
In your own words: a shared link opens for anybody who has it, shows only that one picture or file, needs no account, and stops working when the item is deleted. That paragraph answers almost every question anybody will ask about sharing, and it sets the expectation before somebody shares something they should not.