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stage: Manage
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group: Organization
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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type: reference
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# Project and group visibility **(FREE)**
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A project in GitLab can be private, internal, or public.
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## Private projects and groups
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For private projects, only project members can:
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- Clone the project.
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- View the public access directory (`/public`).
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Users with the Guest role cannot clone the project.
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Private groups can have private subgroups only.
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## Internal projects and groups **(FREE SELF)**
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For internal projects, **any authenticated user**, including users with the Guest role, can:
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- Clone the project.
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- View the public access directory (`/public`).
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[External users](admin_area/external_users.md) cannot clone the project.
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Internal groups can have internal or private subgroups.
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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. For more information, see
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[issue 12388](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/12388).
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## Public projects and groups
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For public projects, **users who are not authenticated**, including users with the Guest role, can:
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- Clone the project.
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- View the public access directory (`/public`).
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Public groups can have public, internal, or private subgroups.
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NOTE:
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If an administrator restricts the
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[**Public** visibility level](admin_area/settings/visibility_and_access_controls.md#restrict-visibility-levels),
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then `/public` is visible only to authenticated users.
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## Change project visibility
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You can change the visibility of a project.
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Prerequisite:
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- You must have the Owner role for a project.
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1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Projects** and find your project.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > General**.
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1. Expand **Visibility, project features, permissions**.
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1. Change **Project visibility** to either **Private**, **Internal**, or **Public**.
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The visibility setting for a project must be at least as restrictive
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as the visibility of its parent group.
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1. Select **Save changes**.
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## Change group visibility
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You can change the visibility of all projects in a group.
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Prerequisites:
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- You must have the Owner role for a group.
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- Subgroups and projects must already have visibility settings that are at least as
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restrictive as the new setting of the parent group. For example, you cannot set a group
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to private if a subgroup or project in that group is public.
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1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Groups** and find your project.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > General**.
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1. Expand **Naming, visibility**.
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1. Under **Visibility level** select either **Private**, **Internal**, or **Public**.
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The visibility setting for a project must be at least as restrictive
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as the visibility of its parent group.
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1. Select **Save changes**.
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## Restrict use of public or internal projects **(FREE SELF)**
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Administrators can restrict which visibility levels users can choose when they create a project or a snippet.
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This setting can help prevent users from publicly exposing their repositories by accident.
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For more information, see [Restrict visibility levels](admin_area/settings/visibility_and_access_controls.md#restrict-visibility-levels).
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## Related topics
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- For more granular control of project features, you can
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[change the visibility of features](project/working_with_projects.md#change-the-visibility-of-individual-features-in-a-project).
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