This guide assumes that public projects are enabled in your account. For instructions on disabling this feature, see How can I disable public projects?
When creating a project on a Claude for Work (Team or Enterprise) plan, you can choose your visibility settings to keep your project private, share it with specific members of your organization, or make it accessible to all members.
What are private projects?
Keeping a project private means that you are the only user who can access it by default. All content within the project (chats, project knowledge, and artifacts) remains private from other members.
Adding and removing member access to private projects
To add members to a private project
Click the "Share project" button to the right of the project name.
In the subsequent window, add individual members from your organization using their name or email.
Select the appropriate permission level:
Can use: Members can see project contents, knowledge, and instructions, and chat within the project, but cannot edit it.
Can edit: Members can modify project instructions and knowledge, update member settings, and actively contribute to the project.
This will share the project and knowledge base with the member, but your chats will remain private unless you choose to share them.
To remove members from a private project
A project member with "Can edit" permissions can open the project's "Share" menu.
Click on the role to the right of the member's name.
Select "Remove access."
After being removed, they will no longer be able to access this project or its content.
Adding members in bulk
You can add multiple users at once by copying and pasting a list of email addresses into the sharing interface.
Organization-wide sharing
Note: Organization-wide sharing capabilities are available for Claude for Work (Team and Enterprise) plans. Contact your administrator for specific permissions and settings.
For projects that benefit your entire organization, you can share them organization-wide, allowing all members to view and use the project based on the permissions you set.
Project sharing permissions
The new sharing system includes three permission levels:
Private: Only the project creator/owner can access the project.
Can use: Users can see and use the project, including its knowledge and instructions, but cannot modify content
Can edit: Users have full modification rights to project instructions and knowledge base
When a project is archived, all sharing permissions are reset to private and previous sharing context is wiped for security.
“Shared with me” tab
Projects that have been shared with you will appear in a new "Shared with me" tab on your “Projects” page, making it easy to find and access collaborative work.
Email notifications
When someone shares a project with you, you'll receive an email notification letting you know about the new shared project and your permission level.
Sharing and unsharing chats
Chats within a project are not shared by default. To share a chat:
Click the "Share" button in the upper right corner of your chat.
Click the "Share" button in the pop-up to create a shareable link.
The chat snapshot includes all messages that were sent prior to sharing the chat, including any artifacts. All messages sent after sharing a chat will remain private by default. However, you can choose to update the shared snapshot to include new messages.
To update a shared chat
Open the "Share" menu.
Click “Update" next to “New messages since last shared” to include any new messages in the shared snapshot.
To unshare a chat
Navigate to the "Share" menu.
Click the visibility dropdown.
Change the chat from "Shared" to "Private" to disable the direct link.