- Free and Pro plans: Your published website is public and accessible to anyone with the link. You cannot restrict access on these plans, so make sure you’re ready to share before publishing.
- Business and Enterprise plans: You can control who can view your app — either anyone with the link or only authenticated workspace members.
Website access settings (Business and Enterprise plans)
On Business and Enterprise plans, you can manage who can view published apps to maintain privacy and control. This enables you to:- Build and share internal apps that stay private to your workspace.
- Prevent teammates from unintentionally publishing apps externally.
- Support governance and compliance for organizations that handle sensitive data.
Workspace-level setting
Workspace admins and owners can set a default access policy for all published apps. Go to Workspace settings → Privacy & Security → Default website access, and choose one of:- Anyone with link: All published apps are public by default and accessible to anyone.
- Workspace members: All published apps are private by default and restricted to authenticated workspace members only. This ensures new apps stay private unless explicitly made public.
Project-level setting
You can override the workspace default for individual projects. Go to Publish and set Who can access? to:- Anyone with link: Accessible to anyone with the URL.
- Workspace members: Restricted to signed-in workspace members.
Publishing your project
On Business and Enterprise plans, only workspace owners and admins can publish
projects.
- In your project, click the Publish icon in the top-right corner.
- In the Publish modal, review and configure:
- Website address: By default, your app is published to
[project-url-slug].lovable.app. You can edit the[project-url-slug]or add a custom domain (available on paid plans). - Website info: Customize your app’s metadata - icon, title, description, and share image.
- Choose who can access your published app, configurable only on Business and Enterprise plans:
- Anyone with link
- Workspace members
- Website address: By default, your app is published to
- Click Review security to surface potential security vulnerabilities before going live.
Always perform a security review before publishing. This helps identify
vulnerabilities that could expose sensitive data or allow unauthorized access.
Learn more in Security.
- When ready, click Publish.
Once deployment is complete, you’ll receive a pop-up with the published link.
FAQ
Why can't I publish my site?
Why can't I publish my site?
If you get an error when publishing your site, it is most likely due to an unsurfaced build error causing the current version of your website not to function. Try troubleshooting the issue by asking the Lovable Agent to investigate it.
Why can't I see my changes on the published version of my site?
Why can't I see my changes on the published version of my site?
Changes aren’t automatically pushed to your live app. To publish updates, click Publish and then Update.
Can I change my published link (website URL)?
Can I change my published link (website URL)?
Yes. You can change your project URL slug, which forms your lovable.app website address in two ways:
- Click Publish, edit your website address, and click Update.
- Go to Project settings → Edit URL Slug, change the URL slug, and click Update URL Slug.
Can I unpublish my project?
Can I unpublish my project?
Yes. You can unpublish your project in two ways:
- Go to Project settings and click Unpublish project.
- Click Publish, expand the Advanced section, and click Unpublish.