# How to share a Claude chat: public link or invite by email > Share a Claude chat with a public link or invite people by email. See what viewers can see, how to update the chat later and how to stop sharing. https://www.kortex-notebooklm.com/tutorials/how-to-share-a-claude-chat 1. [Tutorials](/tutorials) 2. How to share a Claude chat: public link or invite by email # How to share a Claude chat: public link or invite by email 2 minutes 6 steps Updated November 10, 2026 ## Quick answer Open the chat on claude.ai and click Share in the upper right corner. Invite people by email under People with access, or create a public link. Viewers see a snapshot of the chat as it is now, and they can't reply. To stop sharing, turn the link off from the same Share menu. ## Watch it first How to share a Claude chat: public link or invite by email Read the transcript Here's how to share a Claude chat. Send a public link, or invite people by email. ai and click Share in the upper right corner. Chats stay private until you do. To invite people, enter their email addresses under People with access, and click Send. Each link works only for the email you entered. They can view the chat, but they can't reply or continue it. Or click Share in the same window to create a public link. Anyone with it can view a snapshot of the chat. They don't need a Claude account. If you wouldn't post the chat on the open web, don't make one. The snapshot has every message sent before you shared, artifacts included. It doesn't have your attached files. Messages you send afterward stay private. If you keep chatting, people still see the old snapshot. Open the share window and click Update shared chat. To stop sharing, open Share and click Turn off. The link stops working at once. To see every chat you've shared, open Settings, then Privacy, and click Manage next to Shared chats. Fixes for common problems are on the Kortex website. ## What you need - A Claude account and a chat on claude.ai (on the web, not the mobile app, for email invites) - A Free, Pro, Max or Ultra plan for public links. Team and Enterprise chats can be shared only inside your organization ## On this page 1. [Open the chat and click Share](#step-1) 2. [Invite people by email](#step-2) 3. [Or create a public link](#step-3) 4. [Check what viewers will see](#step-4) 5. [Update the shared chat later](#step-5) 6. [Stop sharing](#step-6) 7. [If it doesn’t work](#trouble) 8. [Questions](#faq) 1. ## Open the chat and click Share Open the chat you want to share on claude.ai. Click the **Share** button in the upper right corner. Chats are private until you do this. 2. ## Invite people by email Under **People with access**, enter one or more email addresses and click **Send**. Each person gets an email with your name, the chat title and a link. The link only works for the email address you entered. Invited people can view the chat but can't reply, copy it or continue it. 3. ## Or create a public link In the same share window, click **Share** to create a link. Anyone with the link can view a snapshot of the chat. They don't need a Claude account. Treat a public link as public: if you wouldn't post the chat on the open web, don't use one. 4. ## Check what viewers will see The snapshot has every message sent before you shared, including artifacts. It does not have the files you attached. Raw data from connectors or MCP tool calls stays hidden, and viewers see only Claude's final answers. Messages you send afterward stay private. 5. ## Update the shared chat later If you keep chatting, the people you shared with still see the old snapshot. Open the share window and click **Update shared chat** to replace the snapshot with the current chat. With a public link, you can also unshare and share again. 6. ## Stop sharing Open the **Share** window and click **Turn off**, or use the visibility dropdown to change the chat from Public to Private. The link stops working at once. To see every chat you have shared, open **Settings**, then **Privacy**, and click **Manage** next to Shared chats. Click **Unshare** next to any chat there. ## If it doesn’t work The person I invited sees You need access They must sign in with the exact email you invited. If they use Google or Apple sign-in with a different email, the link won't open. Invite the email they actually use. Pending invites also expire after 30 days if they are not opened. I can't make a public link Public links are for Free, Pro, Max and Ultra plans. On Team and Enterprise plans, you can share only with people in your organization, and admins can turn chat sharing off. My shared chat appeared in search results Turn off sharing for that chat. The link stops working right away. Shared chat pages tell search engines not to list them, but Anthropic says it can't control where a link gets posted or whether every crawler follows the rule. ## Questions people ask Something we missed? [Ask us](#contact). ### Can the person I share a Claude chat with continue it? No. Shared chats are view only. People can't reply, copy the chat into their own account or download files from it. ### Does a person need a Claude account to see my shared chat? Not for a public link. For an email invite, a free Claude account is enough, and the invite email takes them to sign up if they don't have one. ### Are my uploaded files shared with the chat? No. Files you attached stay private, and only the conversation and Claude's answers are in the snapshot. On Team and Enterprise plans, files can be seen when you share inside your organization. ### How can I keep my own copy of a Claude chat before I share it? Kortex can save your Claude chats on your computer and download a chat as Markdown or PDF from its menu. See [how to export a Claude conversation to PDF](/tutorials/how-to-export-claude-conversation). ## Sources - [Share and unshare chats (Claude Help Center)](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/10593882-share-and-unshare-chats) , checked November 10, 2026 - [Share a chat with specific people (Claude Help Center)](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/16762496-share-a-chat-with-specific-people) , checked November 10, 2026 - [Public links for shared chats (Claude Help Center)](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/16762437-public-links-for-shared-chats) , checked November 10, 2026 ## Keep going [Chat Library Keep your AI chats on your computer and search them, next to your YouTube videos and notebooks.](/features#organize) [Kortex docs The full reference for this feature, with every option.](/docs/chat-library) ### More tutorials - [How to turn off ChatGPT memory (and delete saved memories)](/tutorials/how-to-turn-off-chatgpt-memory) - [How to upload a PDF to ChatGPT and ask questions about it](/tutorials/how-to-upload-a-pdf-to-chatgpt) - [How to use ChatGPT Projects to keep chats and files together](/tutorials/how-to-use-chatgpt-projects) - [How to use Claude memory: turn it on or off](/tutorials/how-to-use-claude-memory) [All tutorials](/tutorials) ## Do it on your own notebooks. 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