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# Public access
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GitLab allows you to change your projects' visibility in order be accessed
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**publicly** or **internally**.
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Projects with either of these visibility levels will be listed in the
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public access directory (`/public` under your GitLab instance).
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Here is the [GitLab.com example](https://gitlab.com/public).
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Internal projects will only be available to authenticated users.
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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.
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They will also be listed on the public access directory (`/public`).
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**Any logged in user** will have [Guest](../user/permissions.md)
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permissions 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 on the public access directory (`/public`) for logged
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in users.
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Any logged in user will have [Guest](../user/permissions.md) permissions
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on the repository.
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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:**
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[Starting with][3323] GitLab 8.6, the group visibility has changed and can be
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configured the same way as projects. In previous versions, a group's page was
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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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[3323]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/3323
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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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In the Admin area under **Settings** (`/admin/application_settings`), you can
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restrict the use of visibility levels for users when they create a project or a
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snippet:
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This is useful to prevent people exposing their repositories to public
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by accident. The restricted visibility settings do not apply to admin users.
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