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If you want to share your space with people who are not logged in to Confluence (anonymous users), you can make your space public.

(info) Making a space public does not let you choose who you want to share it with  a public space can be viewed by anyone inside or outside of your organization.  

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In order to make a space public, your administrator must first turn on the global permission for anonymous access.

This permission doesn't automatically grant anonymous users permission to see any of the content on your site, but it does need to be turned on to give space admins the option of granting anonymous users access to their space. 


To make your space public:

  1. Go to the space and choose Space tools > Permissions from the bottom of the sidebar.
  2. Choose Edit Permissions.
  3. Scroll down to the Anonymous Access section and select the specific permissions you'd like anonymous users to have.
  4. Save All to apply the changes.

 

Is your space using the Documentation theme?

If your space is using the Documentation theme:

  1. Choose Browse > Space Admin from the header

    Note: The Space Admin option appears only if you have space admin permissions, or if you're part of the 'confluence-administrators' group.

  2. Choose Permissions in the space administration options.
  3. Scroll down to the Anonymous Access section and select the specific permissions you'd like anonymous users to have.
  4. Save All to apply the changes.

 

 

(info) You can't grant space administration or page restriction rights to anonymous users.

 

(warning) If your Confluence administrator turns off anonymous access to your site, users who are not logged in will no longer be able to see any spaces. However, all logged in users (regardless of their group membership) will be able to see all spaces that have granted space permissions to anonymous users. 

Last modified on Jul 14, 2017

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