Miro allows setting different levels of access for your boards. Read the article to learn how private and public boards are different from each other.
What is a private board?
⚠️ Private boards are only available on Starter, Education, Business, and Enterprise plans.
Private boards are not shared with anyone and accessible by the board owner only. Depending on default sharing settings, all created boards on a paid plan can be set as private until shared by the owner or shared with the team automatically. Learn here how you can create a private board in a paid or Education team.
On a Free plan, all boards created will be accessible to the team and do not need to be explicitly shared. The Share window for Free plan boards lets users know it is available to the whole team by default. You can see your team members in Team settings on the Active users tab.
Sharing settings of a board on Free plan
What is a public board?
A public board is a board accessible by anyone who has the board link. To set your board public, choose Can view/comment/edit next to Anyone with the link option on the board Share dialog. Once you copy and share the board link with other users, they will be able to view/comment/edit your board content - the board will become available for unregistered users as well.
Setting a board to become public
✏️ Apart from sharing boards publicly, Miro allows invite collaborators via email, enable team/Company/Spaces access. Learn more in the article Sharing boards and inviting collaborators.
How to set a shared board to private
Available for: Starter, Business, Enterprise, and Education plans
To make your board private, make sure to stop sharing on different access levels: with the team, Company (if you're on Enterprise plan), publicly, with a space, and with particular users by unselecting them in Sharing settings on the Share dialog. You will have to remove each user until it only shows you (the owner).
If you're not the board owner and have access to the board via team/space, please make sure to invite your own email to the board. Otherwise, you will lose access to the board as soon as you remove team/space access.
Note that on Free plan you cannot stop sharing a board with the team.
Setting a shared board to private
Frequently asked questions
The Free plan doesn't allow private boards. Please share the board with your team to unlock it. Learn more in the article The board is locked.
On the Free Plan, it is shared with the entire team by default. It only relates to your boards being "shared with the team" within your Free team.
Miro strives to keep public boards from being indexed by search engines like Google or Bing. However, anyone with the link can access these boards, and the link might be shared beyond your intended audience. Depending on your Miro plan, you can enhance security by setting a password for your public board.
Yes, you can move your boards.
Yes, if this is allowed in your board content settings.
No, visitors will be able to access the board for free. Learn how you can share your boards publicly.