While Atlas is all about encouraging open communication and transparency into work in progress, we know that there will always be bodies of work that must be kept under wraps. That's why Atlas supports private projects. Here's how they work.

✨ Private projects are available on Atlas Standard. Learn more about pricing.

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When you create a new project in Atlas, you'll see an option to make the project private.

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Private projects have a 🔒 padlock icon on both their avatar and Share button. The padlock icon appears wherever the project avatar is shown to users with access to the project. By default, the creator is added as both the Owner and as a Contributor.

When adding contributors to a private project a message is shown as a reminder that adding people and teams here will grant both view and edit access to the project.

At any time a project's Owner and its Contributors can grant other people and teams in your Atlas workspace can view or can edit access via the Share dialog.

You can change or remove another person's access at any time based on your own access rights.

When granting an individual person or members of a team can view access you'll also have the option to add them as a Follower.

Email notifications are sent to people granted can view or can edit access.

If you connect a private project to a Slack channel, its updates will be automatically posted to the channel and viewable by everyone who is a Slack channel member. Be sure to check who has access to a Slack channel before connecting.