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# Share or unshare a trace publicly

<Warning>
  **Sharing a trace publicly will make it accessible to anyone with the link. Make sure you're not sharing sensitive information.**

  If your self-hosted or hybrid LangSmith deployment is within a VPC, then the public link is accessible only to members authenticated within your VPC. For enhanced security, we recommend configuring your instance with a private URL accessible only to users with access to your network.
</Warning>

To share a trace publicly, simply click on the **Share** button in the upper right hand side of any trace view.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/langchain-5e9cc07a-preview-javaex-1765204202-a1f8093/ZbSgVySNBpz0K7BC/langsmith/images/share-trace.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=ZbSgVySNBpz0K7BC&q=85&s=0eacbafed5dd581328379d4b73163bff" alt="" width="2011" height="1005" data-path="langsmith/images/share-trace.png" />

This will open a dialog where you can copy the link to the trace.

Shared traces will be accessible to anyone with the link, even if they don't have a LangSmith account. They will be able to view the trace, but not edit it.

To "unshare" a trace, either:

1. Click on **Unshare** by clicking on **Public** in the upper right hand corner of any publicly shared trace, then **Unshare** in the dialog.
   <img src="https://mintcdn.com/langchain-5e9cc07a-preview-javaex-1765204202-a1f8093/-Cl6lW61r2OQ0gIT/langsmith/images/unshare-trace.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=-Cl6lW61r2OQ0gIT&q=85&s=aca6a3a61ac7da664f6c1e0b4678183e" alt="" width="750" height="223" data-path="langsmith/images/unshare-trace.png" />

2. Navigate to your organization's list of publicly shared traces, by clicking on **Settings** -> **Shared URLs**, then click on **Unshare** next to the trace you want to unshare.
   <img src="https://mintcdn.com/langchain-5e9cc07a-preview-javaex-1765204202-a1f8093/-Cl6lW61r2OQ0gIT/langsmith/images/unshare-trace-list-share.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=-Cl6lW61r2OQ0gIT&q=85&s=fd62be8941c24283c9dd73875a5ceca0" alt="" width="2294" height="1113" data-path="langsmith/images/unshare-trace-list-share.png" />

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