# Share a desk anyone can use > Make a link that opens a working copy of your desk in any web browser, with no account or install, and choose how long the link lasts. Source: https://plexiidesk.com/help/share-public-desk-link Section: People and sharing > Share and collaborate Plans: All plans Updated: 2026-10-10 A desk they can use is a link that opens a working copy of your desk in a web browser. The person who opens it needs no account and installs nothing. They can zoom in, move things, type and try it out, and whatever they change stays theirs and never comes back to you. Use it to show a desk to someone who does not use PlexiDesk yet: a demo for a prospect, a template for a client, or a worked example for a colleague. To work on the same desk together instead, see [Share a desk with specific people](https://plexiidesk.com/help/share-desk-with-people). ## Before you start - **You need to be signed in.** If you are not, the sheet says **Sign in to share a desk.** See [Create an account and sign in](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Every plan.** Links are included on Free, Pro and Team. - **Everything on the desk goes in the link,** including its files and pictures. Look over the desk before you share it. - **Anyone who has the link can open it.** Send it only to the people you mean to, and stop it when you no longer want it used. ## Create the link 1. Open the desk. 2. Click the desk's name in the header, then click **Share…** under **This desk**. You can also right-click the desk in **All desks** and click **Create public link**. 3. Under **Who can open this desk?**, click **Anyone with the link**. 4. Under **What do they get?**, make sure **A desk they can use** is selected. It is the first choice and is selected already. 5. Choose how long the link lasts from **Link expires**: **Never** (the default), **48 hours**, **7 days** or **30 days**. 6. Click **Create a desk they can use**. 7. Click **Copy** beside the link. The button says **Copied** for a moment. Paste the link into a message, a document or anywhere else you like. > **Tip:** > If you change the expiry, or switch to another choice, the link on screen clears so you never send a link that does not match what the sheet says. Click **Create a desk they can use** again for a new link. The link you made first keeps working, and stays in the list under **Links to this desk**. ## Send the link by email 1. After you create the link, type the person's email address in the box under it. 2. Click **Send**, or press `Enter`. Your mail app opens a new message to that address, with the subject **A Plexii desk:** followed by the desk's name, and the link in the body. The sheet says **Your mail app has it, ready to send.** Check the message and send it from your mail app. ## What people see when they open it - A page that says **A desk has been shared with you**, with the desk's name, its size and an **Open the desk** button. Under the button it says **No account needed.** For a link with an end date, the page also shows how long is left. - Once they open it, the desk itself, in their browser. They can zoom, rearrange things and change anything they like. - A bar along the top with the desk's name, and a **Get Plexii — free** button that takes them to the PlexiDesk download page. For a link with an end date, the bar shows the time left. - The first time they change something, a note explains how long their changes are kept. Visitors cannot share the desk onward from that page. Their copy lives in their own browser. For a link with an end date, their copy is removed when the link expires. When a link has expired or you have stopped it, the page tells them so and suggests they ask whoever sent it for a fresh link. A link set to **Never** keeps working until you stop it, which makes it the right choice for a link you send to many people over time. Visitors' copies of a **Never** link stay in their browser until they clear their browser data or you stop the link. ## See and manage your links Every usable-desk link you have made for a desk is listed in its share sheet, under **Links to this desk**. To see the list, open the share sheet and click **Anyone with the link**. Each row reads **Usable desk**, then the time left (or **Never expires**), then how many times the link has been opened. Beside each row: - **Copy this link** copies the link again. - **Stop this link working** turns the link off. ## Update what a link shows When you improve a desk after sending the link, you can update the link so it shows the desk as it is now. The address stays the same, so there is nothing new to send. 1. Make your changes to the desk. 2. Open the share sheet and click **Anyone with the link**. 3. Under **Links to this desk**, click **Update link** on the row for the link. 4. Read the note: **Everyone with this link will see the desk as it is now. The link stays the same. Anyone who changed their own copy is asked before it is replaced.** Click **Update link** to go ahead, or **Cancel**. Under the row, the sheet says **Updated** with the date and time, then **Everyone with this link now gets this version.** The row also shows when the link was last updated. What visitors see next time they open the link: - **If they have not changed their copy**, they get the new version straight away. Moving things around does not count as a change. - **If they have changed their copy**, a banner says **The sender has updated this desk.** They can click **Load the new version**, then **Replace my copy** to confirm, or click **Keep my copy** to carry on with their own. Only the account that created a link can update it. A link that has expired or been stopped cannot be updated, so create a new one instead. ## Stop a link 1. Open the share sheet and click **Anyone with the link**. 2. Under **Links to this desk**, click **Stop this link working** (the broken-link icon) on the row. The link stops opening the desk straight away. Anyone who opens it afterwards is told it was turned off by the person who sent it. ## How much a link can carry A link can carry up to 8 MB. If the desk is larger, PlexiDesk packs the smaller files first and leaves out the largest, and names each file it left out under the link, for example **Left out because a link can carry at most 8 MB:** followed by the file names and sizes. Files that are not on this computer are left out and named too. If the desk is still too large to send, the sheet says so. Move its largest files to another desk and try again. ## Tips - **For a one-off**, choose **48 hours**, **7 days** or **30 days**, so the link ends by itself. - **To see if anyone has opened it**, check the number of opens on the link's row. ## Common questions **Do changes people make reach my desk?** No. Each visitor works on their own copy in their browser. Nothing they do reaches you or anyone else who has the link. **What is the difference between this and a live view or a snapshot?** A desk they can use is a working copy people can change. A live view is a read-only page that follows your changes. A snapshot is a read-only copy of the desk as it was when you made it. See [Publish a live view of a desk](https://plexiidesk.com/help/share-live-web-view) and [Share a read-only snapshot](https://plexiidesk.com/help/share-snapshot-and-viewer). **Can I share a desk this way with someone who uses PlexiDesk?** Yes, but they work on a copy, not on your desk. To work on the same desk together, share it with them as one of the specific people. See [Share a desk with specific people](https://plexiidesk.com/help/share-desk-with-people). ## Related tasks - [Sharing and invites](https://plexiidesk.com/help/sharing-and-invites) - [Publish a live view of a desk](https://plexiidesk.com/help/share-live-web-view) - [Share a read-only snapshot](https://plexiidesk.com/help/share-snapshot-and-viewer) - [Share a desk with specific people](https://plexiidesk.com/help/share-desk-with-people) - [The desk menu: where you are, who's here, rename, share and move](https://plexiidesk.com/help/desk-menu)