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# Form visibility: Public, Hidden, and Hidden Plus

Visibility controls where people can find your form. It doesn't lock the form: anyone with the link can always open it and contribute.

### The three settings

- **Public**: listed wherever SmartChange lists forms, and visible to search engines.
- **Hidden**: SmartChange doesn't list the form. Search engines can still find it.
- **Hidden Plus**: SmartChange doesn't list the form, and it is excluded from most search engines.

Use **Hidden** or **Hidden Plus** for forms you only share directly, such as a house party page or a link for one email.

### Set visibility when you create a form

Choose it on the second step of **Forms → New form**, under **What are you raising for?**

![New form step 2 with the Visibility choice](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/upload-1/website/-/8/f/e/3/8fe32a7262b6a800/new-form-step2_g5face.jpg)

### Change visibility later

1. Click **Forms** and open the form.
2. Click the **Settings** tab, then **Advanced settings**.
3. Under **Visibility**, choose **Public**, **Hidden**, or **Hidden Plus**.
4. Click **Save changes**.

![Advanced settings with the Visibility setting](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/upload-1/website/-/8/f/e/3/8fe32a7262b6a800/form-advanced-settings_vyhpn7.jpg)

The form's current visibility also shows under **Details** on the form's **Overview** tab.

### Organization visibility is separate

Your organization has its own visibility setting in **Settings → General → Visibility**. A new organization starts private. Publish it there once payments are connected. A live organization can use **Pause new gifts** there to stop new contributions to every form. Recurring contributions keep charging.

To stop a form taking payments, visibility is not the right tool. Use **Actions → Pause form**, or **Close form** in the form's **Settings** tab.

Questions? Email us at [support@smartchange.app](mailto:support@smartchange.app).