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The default behavior of this setting exposes a design and associated user metadata to anyone with the link — including people with no Canva account — without requiring any authentication.
If you share a design via link and this setting is active, anonymous outsiders can view your design and see identifying information about logged-in collaborators by default, unless you are on a Canva Education subscription.
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The default behavior of this setting exposes a design and associated user metadata to anyone with the link — including people with no Canva account — without requiring any authentication.
If you share a design via link and this setting is active, anonymous outsiders can view your design and see identifying information about logged-in collaborators by default, unless you are on a Canva Education subscription.
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