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title: How do I manage public file access in Paperform? | Paperform Help Center | Paperform
description: Learn how to enable or disable public file access for uploaded files, Custom PDFs, and other files stored by Paperform.
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How do I manage public file access in Paperform?
### Account Settings

Learn how to enable or disable public file access for your team’s Paperform files, including uploaded files, signatures, and Custom PDFs.

## What is public file access?

By default, your team’s Paperform files are private. Files can only be accessed with a valid, signed URL or by a logged-in user with access to your team.

Public file access allows anyone with the file link to access your team’s Paperform files. This setting applies to files uploaded through your forms (e.g. file and image uploads, signatures), and Custom PDFs generated upon submission.

## How to enable public file access

To enable public file access for your Paperform team:

 1. Go to **Account Settings**.
 2. Select **Security & Password**.
 3. Scroll to **Paperform file storage access**.
 4. Click **Enable public file access**.

Once enabled, anyone with the link can access your team’s Paperform files.

## How to disable public file access

To return to private file storage, go to [Account Settings > Security & Password](https://paperform.co/account/password/), as above, and click **Disable public file access**.

Once disabled, your team’s files can only be accessed with a valid, signed URL or by logged-in users with access to your team.

## Should I enable public file access?

Public file access allows anyone with a file URL to access the file. Whether public file access is right for your team depends on your security, compliance, and file-sharing requirements.

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