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title: How to stop making my collection public
description: >-
This article helps you achieve one of the following options: Unpublish a
published collection Change the visibility of a public workspace Remove a
public lin...
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This article helps you achieve one of the following options:

* [Unpublish a published collection](#Unpublish-a-published-collection)
* [Change the visibility of a public workspace](#Change-the-visibility-of-a-Public-workspace)
* [Remove a public link to a collection](#h_01FNVCWP7G2Y2SA5HFA603KRWP)

## Unpublish collection

To perform this action, you need to have [**Editor access**](/docs/administration/roles-and-permissions/#collection-roles) to the collection to unpublish it. If you do not have Editor access to the collection, refer to our [Sensitive Data Removal Policy](https://www.postman.com/legal/postman-content-policies/#sensitive-security-data-removal-requests-policy).

1. Go to the workspace where the collection was published.

* **Note:** Use the search bar to find out where the collection to unpublish is located.

2. Go to the collection  you want to unpublish.
3. Select **View complete collection documentation** at the bottom of the documentation tab on the right panel .
4. Select on **Published** *>* **Edit published documentation** *>* **Unpublish** .

If you have already deleted the associated collection, the documentation is also deleted. Accessing the documentation URL will return a 404 error, indicating that it no longer exists.

## Change the visibility of a public workspace

To perform this action, you need [**Admin access**](/docs/administration/roles-and-permissions/#workspace-roles) to that workspace. If you don't, refer to our [Sensitive Data Removal Policy](https://www.postman.com/legal/postman-content-policies/#sensitive-security-data-removal-requests-policy).

1. Go to the Settings of the public workspace you want to remove public access.
2. Click on **Change f**rom the "Workspace type"  and select **Internal** >  **Save Changes** .

If you are on a [Postman Professional or Enterprise plan](https://www.postman.com/pricing/), you need the [**Community Manager**](/docs/administration/roles-and-permissions/#team-roles)'s approval to change the workspace visibility to **Public**.

## Remove a public link to a collection

Navigate to [Manage collection access keys](https://go.postman.co/manage-public?tab=collection-access-keys) and hit **Delete** to perform the deletion.

If you have already deleted the collection, you can delete a public link from [your collections in your Postman dashboard](https://go.postman.co/me/collections?view=links) by selecting **Trash** next to the link you want to delete.

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