Public, unlisted & private events
Who can find your event, who can open it, and what each setting really protects.
Who can see your event is a publishing decision, and the differences matter more than they first look.
Public
Anyone can find it. It appears in search, in the discovery feed, on your profile, and it's submitted to Google.
Use it when you want strangers to come.
Unlisted
Only people with the link can open it. It's absent from search, the feed, and your profile, and search engines are told not to index it.
Use it for things that are open to a circle rather than the world — a link you paste in a group chat. Anyone who has the link can forward it, so treat unlisted as "quiet", not "secure".
Private
Private events exist on the full event builder, and the page is genuinely locked down: in the app, only your team and people already holding a ticket can open it — everyone else gets a private-event notice. The web link is stricter still and doesn't open the page even for ticket holders, so don't circulate a private event's URL expecting it to work.
Your guests lose nothing that matters: their tickets, QR codes, and reminders all live in the app and scan at the door regardless of the page.
When you're creating a free gathering, the choice is public or unlisted; unlisted covers the group-chat case for almost every casual event.
Choosing
| You want | Setting |
|---|---|
| Strangers to discover it | Public |
| A link you control the spread of | Unlisted |
| The page locked to your team and ticket holders | Private |
Common questions
Can I change visibility after publishing?
Yes, at any time — but switching from public to unlisted breaks links people already have: an unlisted event opens through a special link with a key in it, and the old public URL doesn't carry one. After switching, share the fresh link from the event page so your circle can still get in.
Do unlisted events show up on Google?
No. Only public events are submitted to search engines.
Last updated August 5, 2026
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