Unlimited Privacy
With CodePen PRO, you get unlimited Private Pens, Projects, and Collections.
Privacy for Showcasing Work
Use Private Pens as Drafts
Pens are public by default on CodePen. Private Pens are none of those things — no one can see them unless you decide to share them. They aren't shown in search. They can't be seen on your profile. No license is applied to them.
One way to use Private Pens is to keep all your Pens private while you are working on them, then toggle them over to Public when you are ready.
View the Docs
- Any Pen can be Private
- Any Project can be Private
- Any Collection can be Private
No Annoying Passwords
Nobody can guess a URL like the URLs to your private work on CodePen. They are totally unfindable until you share that URL. Anybody who you share that URL with can see it — they don't have to be logged in or have an account.
Private Collections
Send Private Collections to Clients
One popular reason to make Private Pens is for in-progress concepts for client work. You can make Private Collections and put Private Pens in them. Send clients a link to the Private Collection and they can see everything related to a project in one place.
How Private is Private?
This is how private content works on CodePen:
- Private content gets an unguessable URL.
- Private content is not findable through public CodePen search. You can still search your own content to find your own private content.
- We tell third-party search engines not to index private content.
- Private content is not findable on CodePen except by you on your profile while logged in.
What privacy isn't on CodePen:
- There are no passwords involved.
- There is no user authentication involved.
This isn't enterprise-level mega-encrypted super-security. It's very secret URLs for your content that are unfindable until you choose to share them.
Privacy for Teams
Team Members Can Work Together Privately
People who are on the same Team can work on private content together. As long as you are logged in and in the Team Context, you can see all the Team's private content right on the Team Profile.
