Publishing & Sharing

Visibility changes how people discover a character, how you share it, and how permanent it starts to feel. It is worth deciding carefully before you send a link around.

The Three Visibility Modes

Public

Use public when you want:

• Normal discovery.
• Search visibility.
• Direct profile presence.
• Standard sharing.

Unlisted

Use unlisted when you want:

• A direct link for selected people.
• Less discovery noise.
• A safer way to soft-share work in progress.

The important detail is that unlisted characters use a tokenized route. Share the generated link instead of trying to hand-build it.

Private

Use private when you want:

• No public-facing discovery.
• No ordinary share flow.
• A purely personal or draft-only state.

Private is not only a creator-side choice. If a character violates the Community Guidelines, anime.gf may also force it private or remove it from public visibility.

NSFW and Downloadable

The current Studio form also separates:

• NSFW as a rating and visibility signal.
• Downloadable as a permission for other people to export the character.

If you own the character, you can still download your own character even when wider downloading is turned off.

Editing After Publication

The update flow supports:

• Normal field edits.
• Tag edits.
• Visibility changes.
• Resetting unsaved changes.
• Deleting the character when deletion is still allowed.

It also warns about unsaved changes before you leave.

Important Restriction on Older or Heavily Used Characters

anime.gf already restricts some update actions after a character passes the current message threshold.

In practice that means:

• Some characters can no longer be made private.
• Some characters can no longer be deleted.

If you are unsure about long-term visibility, think about that before a character becomes widely used.

That usage-based restriction is separate from moderation. A character can also be forced private earlier if it breaks the Community Guidelines.

Sharing Checklist

Before you send a link around:

1. Confirm the correct visibility mode.
2. Re-read the greeting.
3. Make sure tags and rating are accurate.
4. Decide whether downloads should be enabled.
5. Make sure the character follows the Community Guidelines.
6. Copy the share link from the character page itself.

When to Use Unlisted Instead of Public

Choose unlisted when you want feedback from a smaller circle before opening discovery fully.

That is especially useful for:

• Early drafts.
• Characters tied to a niche premise.
• Characters you want to share selectively without making them private.

If you are unsure whether a public-facing idea is allowed, check the Community Guidelines first or ask in the anime.gf Discord.