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# Control Public Access to Your Experience Builder Sites

Set the public access level to your Experience Builder site, and set page-specific access to your site pages.

### Required Editions

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          <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d68305e70">User Permissions
            Needed</th>
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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d68305e70 ">To customize an Experience Cloud site:</td>

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              <li>Be a member of the site AND Create and Set Up Experiences<p>OR</p>
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              <li>Be a member of the site AND View Setup and Configuration AND an experience
                admin, publisher, or builder in that site</li>

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d68305e70 ">To publish an Experience Cloud site:</td>

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              <li>Be a member of the site AND Create and Set Up Experiences<p>OR</p>
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              <li>Be a member of the site AND an experience admin or publisher in that site</li>

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If you allow public access, your Experience Cloud site pages are accessible to the public, including unlicensed users. If you don’t allow public access, members must log in to access the site.

1. To enable public access in an Experience Builder site, open Experience Builder.
    - From the All Sites page in Setup, click **Builder** next to the site name.
    - From a site, click **Experience Builder** in the profile menu.
2. Click **Settings**.
3. In the General panel, select **Guest users can see and interact with the site without logging in**.

![Public access setting in Experience Builder](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/access/images/community_builder_public_access_settings.png)

For certain components and pages to load correctly for guest users, you must give these users access to public APIs. For Aura sites, see [Chatter and Discussions Best Practices and Considerations for Guest Users](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.networks_chatter_best_practices.htm&type=5&language=en_US). For LWR sites, see [User Interface API](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.exp_cloud_lwr.meta/exp_cloud_lwr/get_started_comp_api.htm).

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/images/icon_note.png)

Note Even when you deselect the checkbox **Guest users can see and interact with the site without logging in**, unauthenticated users can find your site if they have its URL. In these cases, the site name is visible on the browser tab..

You can also set page-level access to specific Experience Builder site pages in Page Properties.

Site Default Setting

Reflects your choice for public access under General Settings.

Public

Makes the page public regardless of the site’s default setting.

Requires Login

Makes the page private and requires members to log in, regardless of the site’s default setting.

![Login access setting for a page](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/access/images/community_builder_public_access.png)

How do these settings work with [audience criteria-based page visibility in Experience Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewHelpDoc?id=community_builder_page_visibilty_overview.htm&language=en_US)? When a member is trying to access a page, Salesforce first checks the site’s default setting. Is it public or does it require users to log in? Then Salesforce looks at the page access. When that’s cleared, Salesforce checks the audience criteria-based visibility that you set in Page Variations.

How does this logic work for standard pages?

![Standard page logic](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/access/images/networks_standard_page_logic.png)

And what’s the logic behind pages that show object data?

![Object page logic](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/access/images/networks_object_page_logic.png)

You can also set privacy settings for some components, such as the Tabs and the Navigation Menu components. To make a component on a public page visible to guest users, select **Publicly available** in the component’s properties.

![Important](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/images/icon_important.png)

Important

- Regardless of the settings, some pages are always public, and others are always private. Public pages include login-related pages (Login, Register, Forgot Password, Login Error, Check Password). The Messages page for direct messages is always private.
- If public access is enabled in Experience Builder at the page or site level, the preference **Let guest users view asset files, library files, and CMS content available to the site** is enabled in **Administration** | **Preferences** in Experience Workspaces. This preference lets guest users view asset files and CMS content available in the site on publicly accessible pages. Files include images associated with topics, recognition badges, site branding, and account branding. The preference remains enabled as long as the page has public access enabled.

- **[Best Practices and Considerations for Page-Level Access in Experience Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.networks_page_level_best_practices.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Experience Builder is a powerful tool for keeping your Experience Builder site secure. Keep these best practices and considerations in mind when working with access levels.
- **[Experience Builder Sites Search Best Practices and Considerations for Guest Users](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.networks_lightning_search_best_practices.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    When setting up your search pages and components for Experience Builder sites, keep these best practices and considerations in mind to keep data secure from guest users.
- **[Set Up Web-to-Case for Guest Users in an Experience Builder Site](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.rss_guest_users.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    When you set up Web-to-Case along with a case quick action, guest users can create a case without having to log in.