Ithy answer privacy, sharing and search publication
Learn the difference between a private Ithy answer, a share link, a published folder and explicit publication in public search.
Private answers
New answers start private to your account or guest browser. Signing in in the same browser lets you retain eligible guest answers. A private answer is not added to Ithy’s public discovery catalogue or article sitemaps.
Keep personal details, confidential documents and material you do not have permission to publish private. An unguessable link is not a substitute for access controls.
Share links and folders
Create a share link only when you want anyone with that link to read the answer. Publishing a folder lets people with the folder link read its included answers. Removing an answer from a folder keeps the original in your library.
For new answers, link sharing and public-search publication are separate controls. A folder-only share does not automatically publish its private answers in the public catalogue.
Publish in public search
An owner can explicitly include a completed shared answer in public search. That makes it eligible for Ithy’s public catalogue and sitemaps. Search engines decide whether and when to index it; publication is not an indexing or ranking guarantee.
Previously public historical answers keep their established visibility unless their owner changes it. The new controls do not rewrite old answers or automatically publish private account content.
Revoke access or keep a copy
Making an answer private revokes its public article access and removes its active public-catalogue entry. Unpublishing a folder removes access through that folder. Search engines and other people may retain copies of information that was previously public.
Download an answer or export your account before any deletion you choose to make. Contact support about a rights or privacy problem; include the relevant public URL without sending sign-in codes.
Official Ithy product information. Generated research answers and historical articles may describe earlier information.