# Control who can see a course: public, unlisted & private

> The 'Access' badge decides who can discover and buy a course. Public is on the storefront, unlisted is link-only, private is invite-only — and you can set it without unpublishing.

Last updated 2026-06-01 · Source: https://prolaud.com/help/course-access-visibility

Set this at /dashboard/courses/<id>/settings/access. It's independent of publish state — a published course can still be private.

## The three levels

- Public — listed in your storefront catalog at /p/<tenant>/courses and indexable by search engines. Anyone can find and buy it.
- Unlisted — reachable by direct link only; not in the catalog, not indexed. Perfect for a soft launch or a course you only promote yourself.
- Private — invite/enroll-only. No public landing at all; people get in via a payment link, manual enroll, or a cohort.

> **Note:** Selling a private course? Payment links and manual enrollment still work — they bypass the catalog entirely. That's the normal way to sell a private cohort.

## Quick chooser

- Evergreen course you want discovered → Public.
- Promoting it only through your own channels → Unlisted.
- Closed cohort or corporate group → Private + payment links.

## Related

- [Publish vs visibility](https://prolaud.com/help/course-publish-unpublish)
- [Share an unlisted link](https://prolaud.com/help/course-share)
- [Sell a private course](https://prolaud.com/help/course-send-payment-link-bulk)