Let clients hide photos from guests (Client Controls)
Client Controls gives clients a code they can use to hide or show photos in the guest gallery. Nothing is deleted, and you still see all the photos in your studio. It works for both standalone and wedding galleries and is off by default.
Turn it on
- Open the gallery’s Settings → Privacy.
- Under For the client, turn on Client Controls.
- Copy the six-character code shown below the switch and give it to your client.
The code is also included when you send the gallery email with access details included. In a custom email template, use {code}. The code appears only while Client Controls is on.
What the client can do
The client enters the code in their gallery to open the controls. They can hide a photo from guests with the eye button and use it again to show the photo. Their toolbar also lists the photos they have hidden. Nothing is deleted.
If they hide the cover photo, guests see the next available photo as the cover.
When Guest photo search is set to Client decides, their verified controls also contain the option to turn on search. Guests do not see this setting. See Photo search for guests.
This code is different from client-only photos
The Client Controls code lets clients hide or show photos for guests. It does not unlock photos you marked Client only.
Client only uses the client’s email address entered in the gallery. Anyone who knows and enters that address can see those photos, so it is a viewing filter, not a secure lock. See Hide photos, or show them to the client only.
Clients cannot undo photos you hid or change which photos you marked client-only.
Review what they hid
Open Settings → Privacy → Hidden by your client to see the photos they hid, who hid them and when. Click Show to put a photo back. These changes also appear in the Activity feed.
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