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# Public access
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GitLab allows [Owners](../user/permissions.md) to set a project's visibility as **public**, **internal**,
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or **private**. These visibility levels affect who can see the project in the
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public access directory (`/public` under your GitLab instance), like at <https://gitlab.com/public>
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## Visibility of projects
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### Public projects
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Public projects can be cloned **without any** authentication over HTTPS.
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They will be listed in the public access directory (`/public`) for all users.
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**Any logged in user** will have [Guest permissions](../user/permissions.md)
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on the repository.
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### Internal projects
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Internal projects can be cloned by any logged in user.
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They will also be listed in the public access directory (`/public`), but only for logged
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in users.
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Any logged in user will have [Guest permissions](../user/permissions.md)
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on the repository.
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NOTE: **Note:**
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From July 2019, the `Internal` visibility setting is disabled for new projects, groups,
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and snippets on GitLab.com. Existing projects, groups, and snippets using the `Internal`
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visibility setting keep this setting. You can read more about the change in the
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[relevant issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/12388).
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### Private projects
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Private projects can only be cloned and viewed by project members (except for guests).
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They will appear in the public access directory (`/public`) for project members only.
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### How to change project visibility
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1. Go to your project's **Settings**.
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1. Change **Visibility Level** to either Public, Internal, or Private.
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## Visibility of groups
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NOTE: **Note:**
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[Starting with](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/merge_requests/3323) GitLab 8.6,
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the group visibility has changed and can be configured the same way as projects.
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In previous versions, a group's page was always visible to all users.
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Like with projects, the visibility of a group can be set to dictate whether
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anonymous users, all signed in users, or only explicit group members can view
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it. The restriction for visibility levels on the application setting level also
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applies to groups, so if that's set to internal, the explore page will be empty
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for anonymous users. The group page now has a visibility level icon.
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## Visibility of users
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The public page of a user, located at `/username`, is always visible whether
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you are logged in or not.
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When visiting the public page of a user, you can only see the projects which
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you are privileged to.
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If the public level is restricted, user profiles are only visible to logged in users.
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## Restricting the use of public or internal projects
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You can restrict the use of visibility levels for users when they create a project or a
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snippet. This is useful to prevent users from publicly exposing their repositories
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by accident. The restricted visibility settings do not apply to admin users.
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For details, see [Restricted visibility levels](../user/admin_area/settings/visibility_and_access_controls.md#restricted-visibility-levels).
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## Reducing visibility
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/33358) in GitLab 12.6.
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Reducing a project's visibility level will remove the fork relationship between the project and
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any forked project. This is a potentially destructive action which requires confirmation before
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this can be saved.
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