There may be a few titles on your shelves that you do not want to allow others to view. If so, you can hide these titles from the public view of your shelves. When another library member views your shelf, neither the title nor any comments or tags you have added to it will appear.
To hide the title and its contents from public view
- Log in to your account.
- Go to the shelf containing the title you want to make private.
- Click the Manage item button, and then click the Keep this item private checkbox.
A lock icon appears next to the title to indicate it’s private, and only visible to you.
- Excluding items from public view is handy when you are working on drafts of a comment or summary and are not yet ready to share your work with others. Once you’re happy with your contribution, uncheck the Keep this item private checkbox, and your finished work will be viewable by other library members.
- You can also make a list private. See My Lists.
- You can make a title public, but add a private note to it. See Private Notes.
To specify a default privacy setting for a shelf
- Log in to your account.
- On the menu, click My Settings.
- On the My Settings page, under the Privacy heading, find your My Shelves setting.
- Click Change.
- Use the checkboxes for the Completed, In Progress and For Later shelves to specify whether new items you add to each of these shelves are public (viewable by all) or private.
- Click Save Changes.
- The privacy setting for a shelf only affects titles you add after you make a change. It does not affect the privacy of titles that are already on the shelf.
- When you make your shelves private, ratings, comments and other content you add to a title are not visible to other library users.