# Revoke links and remove members

> Every way to stop sharing in Canto: turn off a public link, remove a Space member, leave a Space, or delete it entirely.

Updated: 2026-08-16 · Canonical: https://usecanto.com/help/sharing/stop-sharing/

Sharing in Canto is always revocable, and revocation takes effect immediately. This page covers all four ways to pull access back: turning off a public link, removing a member, leaving a Space yourself, and deleting a Space.

## How do I turn off a public link?

1. Open the recording and open its **⋯** menu.
2. Choose **Public link**.
3. Turn off **Share via link**.

The warning under the toggle spells out the scope: "Turning this off also removes access for people who joined through the link." That means both anonymous visitors and signed-in claimers lose access at once — the recording disappears from their **Shared with me**. Anyone opening the old URL sees "This link isn't active".

If you turn the link back on later, the same URL works again, but previous claimers have to open it again to regain access.

## How do I remove someone from a Space?

1. Open the Space and open its member list.
2. Choose **Remove** next to the person.
3. Confirm at "Remove from this folder?".

The confirmation names the person and explains what happens: they "will lose access to this folder's recordings. Recordings they added stay in the folder." Their access ends immediately; their AI chats about the shared recordings simply stop working for them. Only the Space's owner can remove members.

You can also cancel a pending email invite the same way — remove the "Pending — joins when they sign in" row before the person ever signs in.

If someone has access through an attached organisation rather than a direct invite, remove them from the organisation instead, or detach the organisation from the Space — see [Give a whole organisation a Space](https://usecanto.com/help/sharing/org-spaces/).

## How do I leave a Space I was invited to?

Open the Space and choose **Leave folder**. The confirmation is explicit: "You'll lose access to its shared recordings. Recordings you contributed stay in the folder."

Leaving doesn't notify anyone and doesn't touch your own library — recordings you added remain in the Space for the others, but they're still yours, and you can delete them from your library outright if you want them gone everywhere.

## How do I delete a Space?

Open the Space's options and choose **Delete folder**, then confirm at "Delete this folder?". The note in the dialog is the whole story: "Recordings stay in your library; only the folder and its sharing go away."

Concretely: every member loses access, pending invites die, an attached organisation is detached — and not a single recording is deleted. Your recordings stay in your library; recordings members contributed stay in theirs.

## What sharing survives what?

| Action | Your recordings | Others' access |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turn off public link | Untouched | Viewers and claimers lose access |
| Remove a member | Untouched | That member loses access; their contributed recordings stay |
| **Leave folder** | Untouched | Others keep the Space, including your contributed recordings |
| **Delete folder** | Untouched | Everyone loses access |
| Delete a recording | Deleted | Gone for everyone, everywhere |

Deleting your account removes all of it at once — see [How do I delete my account?](https://usecanto.com/help/account/delete-account/)

Related articles:

- [Share a recording with a public link](https://usecanto.com/help/sharing/share-a-recording-link/)
- [Share a Space by email invite](https://usecanto.com/help/sharing/share-a-space/)
- [Who can see and edit what?](https://usecanto.com/help/sharing/permissions-reference/)