Create a Public Collection

Summary

Once you've created a collection, you can make it public to share with external users, provided you have the necessary permissions and either own the collection or have been granted manage rights. Public collections allow anyone with the link to access the assets without needing a Bynder account. To make a collection public, simply generate and share an online link, enabling external users to view and download original assets along with any available derivatives.

If you would like public derivatives to be available by default, please contact Customer Support to learn more about enabling this feature.

Learn whether search engines can index Public Collections.

This feature/solution requires Customer Support to enable, but then individual permissions can be done by the Bynder Admin.

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Why?

• External Collaboration: Easily share sets of assets with agencies, partners, or contractors.
• Simplified Access: Remove the barrier of account creation for one-time or external viewers.

How?

Create a Public Collection 

1. Navigate to your Portal.
2. Create a Collection.
3. Navigate to your Collections Tab>  My Collections.
4. Click .

5. Click Publish online. 

   

6. A new window will pop up. Here, you can see the generated custom Collection URL you can Copy and share with Bynder and non-Bynder users.

7. Click the Copy Link.

   

8. Click Done.
9. You can view all Published online collections under your Collections tab > Published Online. 

Remove Public Link from a Collection

1. Navigate to your Portal.
2. Hover over the Collection you would like to remove the Public link from.
3. Click > View online link.

4. A new window will pop up. Click the Remove online link.

   

5. A pop-up message will appear at the bottom left-hand corner of your window, confirming that the Collection is no longer available online.
6. If you previously shared the generated public link for this collection and a Bynder or non-Bynder user tries to access it, they will see an error (see below) and will not be able to access the assets in the Collection.

Share or Publish Collections with Smart Filters

By default, (smart) filters and search bars are unavailable in a public collection. However, these items can be made available so that external users can easily search and filter assets. Metaproperties that are set to Hide the Public will still show as a filter in the public Collection.

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Updated April 30, 2026 08:47