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You can make an object public so that anyone can view it, without needing an account or an invitation. This is useful for published datasets, open research outputs, and sharing alongside a paper.

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Public is always read-only

Public access grants Read only — viewing metadata, content, and notes. The public can never edit, share, or change anything. Write, sharing, and other privileged actions are reserved for people and groups you grant access to explicitly.

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Turn it on

Enable public access from the object’s permissions. You can combine it with grants to specific people and groups — for example, a dataset that’s publicly readable but editable only by your team.
Public means anyone can view the content. Before making something public, make sure it contains nothing sensitive — and remember that restricted fields in a dataset stay protected unless separately granted.

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Sharing & permissions

The roles behind every grant.

Restricted fields

Keep sensitive columns private even on a shared dataset.