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MiriCanvas Lets Clients Copy Your Design by Default. Fix It
MiriCanvas share links let anyone duplicate your design unless you change one setting. Here's how to show a client your work without letting them copy it.
Prices last read 2026-11-02
Short answer
Use Publish, not Invite. Then untick “Allow reproduction of original document” before you send the link.MiriCanvas has two ways to share a design. Publishing creates a web link that anyone with the URL can open, including people outside your workspace. Sharing by invitation only works for members of your workspace. For an outside client, publish the design. Under Detailed options, untick “Allow reproduction of original document,” which is on by default. You can also set a password. With reproduction off, the client can view the design through the link but can't duplicate it into their own workspace.Source: Sharing a Design – MiriCanvas Help Center · 2026-11-02; Share Design (Invite Users) – MiriCanvas Help Center · 2026-11-02
Here's what annoys me: MiriCanvas starts every published link in its most generous mode. If you click Publish, copy the link and send it without opening Detailed options, anyone who has that link can make a copy of your work and edit it. For a team template that's handy. For a client pitch you haven't been paid for yet, it's a bad default, and you have to turn it off yourself.
This option is enabled by default and allows document copying and editing via a shared link.
MiriCanvas Help Center, “Sharing a Design” (article updated 2026-10-29)Source: Sharing a Design – MiriCanvas Help Center · 2026-11-02
That sentence refers to the “Allow reproduction of original document” setting in the publish panel. It's the main setting for this task. MiriCanvas says the gear menu's Duplicate option in the shared viewer only works if this permission was on when the link was shared. If you turn it off, viewers can only look at the design.
Source: Sharing a Design – MiriCanvas Help Center · 2026-11-02
Step by step: a view-only link for a client
- Open the Share panelIn the editor, click the Share icon next to the download button at the top right.
- Turn on PublishSwitch on the Publish toggle. This creates the public web link. If you switch it off later, the design goes back to private.
- Untick reproductionUnder Detailed options, uncheck “Allow reproduction of original document.” It's checked by default. With it off, the link is view-only.
- Add a password (optional)If you set a password, viewers must enter it to open the shared design. Send the password separately from the link.
- Pick a page style and copy the linkChoose Slideshow, Vertical Scroll, or a page-link layout. Then click Copy, or use the social-media icon next to it.
Source: Sharing a Design – MiriCanvas Help Center · 2026-11-02
A password controls who can open the link, not whether they can copy
The help article treats the password and the reproduction setting as separate options. A password limits who can open the link. Unticking reproduction stops people from duplicating the design. If you set a password but leave reproduction on, anyone who knows the password can still copy your design. For a client preview, turn reproduction off first, then add a password if you want one.
Source: Sharing a Design – MiriCanvas Help Center · 2026-11-02
Why not just invite the client?
Invite-based sharing gives you roles: Can Edit, Can Comment and Can View. It sounds like the more professional choice, but it's meant for your own team. MiriCanvas says members must belong to the same workspace to collaborate in real time, so the client would have to join your workspace first. It also says that on a Pro or higher workspace plan, adding new members may cost extra. The roles have limits too: Can Edit gives the member the same permissions as the design owner, and viewers and commenters can ask you for edit access.
Source: Share Design (Invite Users) – MiriCanvas Help Center · 2026-11-02
My view: the invite flow gets more credit than it deserves for client work. Adding an outsider to your workspace so they can look at a deck brings a possible billing change, notifications in your workspace, and a role setting you have to remember to keep limited. A published link with reproduction off does the job with less risk. Invite clients only when you really need them to comment directly on the design, and accept the cost and the cleanup that come with it.
Before you hit send
- Publish is on (not an invitation to your workspace)
- “Allow reproduction of original document” is unticked
- Password set if the work is confidential, and sent through a different channel than the link
- You opened the link in a private window to check what the client sees
- You'll switch Publish off when the review is over
Source: Sharing a Design – MiriCanvas Help Center · 2026-11-02
Be realistic about what this protects. Unticking reproduction removes MiriCanvas's own one-click Duplicate, and that's the easy way to take your work. It won't stop someone from taking a screenshot of a slide. If the design is valuable before payment, share a version with a watermark or lower quality, and send the finished file once the invoice is paid.
The viewer page also has Like and Comment features. So a client with a view-only link may still be able to leave feedback without joining your workspace. The help article doesn't say whether those features need the client to log in.
Source: Sharing a Design – MiriCanvas Help Center · 2026-11-02
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