How-to · Sharing
How to password-protect a shared map
A password keeps a shared map private to the people you give the password to. Nothing about the map is sent to a viewer until they enter it.
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Read the stepsNot in the mobile app yet
This hasn't reached the iOS app yet. The web app has it today, in any browser.
Step by step
Pick the app you're using
The web app and the mobile app don't always work the same way, so each has its own instructions.
In the toolbar, click My Maps.
On the shared map's row, click Edit.
If you have not shared it yet, click Share.
Scroll to Link controls and find Password.
Type a password into the box and click Add password.
Viewers now have to enter it before the map loads.
Good to know
Worth knowing before you start
On your phone
The mobile app cannot set a share password yet, but it does ask for the password when you open a protected map.
Change or remove it later
The Password row shows Change and Remove once a password is set.
Still stuck?
Email support@landowl.com and we'll walk you through it.
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