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Your Granola Notes Might Be Public—Here’s How to Fix It

You know that meeting you thought was private? The brainstorming session where you jotted down half-baked ideas or vented about a project? Yeah, those notes might not be as secret as you think.

If you’re using Granola for note-taking, there’s a privacy quirk you should know about: every note you create has a shareable link by default. That means anyone with the link can read it—no password, no login, no “are you sure?” prompt.

Here’s the kicker: even if you switch your settings to “private” today, all your old notes stay wide open. You’d have to go back and lock each one manually. There’s no “protect everything” button.

How This Could Bite You

• Accidental shares: Ever copied a link to send to a colleague and pasted it in the wrong Slack channel? Oops.
• Leaky apps: Some tools (like email clients or calendar invites) auto-generate previews from links. Your notes could show up where you least expect.
• Guessable links: If your note URLs follow a simple pattern (e.g., granola.com/notes/123), someone might stumble on them by tweaking numbers.

What to Do Right Now

1. Switch to private mode (but remember: this only applies to new notes).
2. Audit your old notes. Open each one and toggle the privacy setting if needed.
3. Delete any links you’ve shared that shouldn’t be public anymore.

Privacy isn’t the default in most apps—Granola’s just one example. It’s a good reminder to peek into your settings every few months. Because the internet never forgets… unless you tell it to.