Choose who can find your list and add a password
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In this guide
Show on my profile controls who can discover your list on your GiftList profile. Anyone with the direct list link can still open it. Add a list password if you want visitors to enter a password before viewing it.
Choose profile visibility
- Sign in as the list owner and open the list's Settings.
- Find Privacy & access and Show on my profile.
- Choose the visibility you want:
| Option | What it controls |
|---|---|
| Everyone | The list appears to people viewing your profile. |
| Friends only | The list appears to people who follow you, or the specific eligible people you choose in the available controls. |
| Don't show it | The list stays off your profile. A direct link still opens it. |
- Choose Save. Review any additional audience controls shown for your account, such as group sharing.
Following someone does not automatically mean that person follows you. The Friends only audience is based on who follows the owner, not simply everyone the owner follows.
Add or change a list password
- In the same Privacy & access card, find Password.
- Enter the password you want and choose Save. If a password already exists, leaving the replacement field blank keeps it; use the explicit removal control if you want to remove protection.
- Open the list link in a fresh signed-out browser and verify the password prompt.
- Give the password to the people you want to view the list.
Signed-in shoppers also need the list password. Recognized owners and collaborators can open the lists they manage without that visitor password prompt. It is separate from your GiftList account password. QR codes do not carry it. Someone who previously unlocked the list may have access remembered on that device, so use a fresh browser when testing.
What these settings do not promise
Hiding a list from your profile does not revoke links already sent. A password also cannot prevent an invited person from taking a screenshot or sharing information. GiftList marks personal list pages for search engines not to index, but that is not an access-control guarantee.
If a shopper can view but cannot claim, check People can reserve items and Stop accepting gifts on under Gifting. Those settings control shopping actions, separately from visibility. Only change settings for a list you manage.
Related: Share a list, family groups, shared-list troubleshooting. Open your lists after signing in.
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