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noah smith
noah smith
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April 16, 2026
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Sharing Full Screen Figma Make Public Link (without login)

  • April 16, 2026
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I’m trying to share a Figma Make prototype for user testing. It needs to be available for anyone to view and the full screen version without the prompt on left side.

I’ve tried multiple versions and tested within Google Incognito to confirm it will work for any user and so far three things have happened:

  1. Login required page displayed
  2. Loading screen displayed but never generates prototype
  3. Error displayed saying “live preview not available.”

Two processes I’ve already tried:

  1. Click the play button (which generates full screen version) > click “share” > adjust access to “anyone can view” > click “copy link”
  2. Click the play button (which generates full screen version) > click “share” > adjust access to “anyone can view” > copy link directly from address bar. 

Anyone have a fix for this? 

Best answer by Junko3

Hi ​@noah smith,

 

I understand you're trying to share a functional Figma Make prototype for user testing without requiring viewers to log in.
 

For this use case, you might want to try publishing your Figma Make file instead of using the share link. 

When you publish your prototype, it gets its own dedicated public URL that anyone can access without logging in. The published version also won't show the AI chat interface.

 

A few additional options you can explore:

  • You can enable "Exclude all pages from search engine results" to keep it private from search engines
  • If you're on Organization or Enterprise plans, you can add password protection for extra security

You can find more details here: Publish, update, or unpublish a functional prototype or web app 

 

Thanks!

3 replies

Figmate
Junko3Solution
Figmate
April 17, 2026

Hi ​@noah smith,

 

I understand you're trying to share a functional Figma Make prototype for user testing without requiring viewers to log in.
 

For this use case, you might want to try publishing your Figma Make file instead of using the share link. 

When you publish your prototype, it gets its own dedicated public URL that anyone can access without logging in. The published version also won't show the AI chat interface.

 

A few additional options you can explore:

  • You can enable "Exclude all pages from search engine results" to keep it private from search engines
  • If you're on Organization or Enterprise plans, you can add password protection for extra security

You can find more details here: Publish, update, or unpublish a functional prototype or web app 

 

Thanks!

NOS Workspace
NOS Workspace
New Member
October 2, 2026

Publishing is the right move for this. Once you publish the Make file it gets its own dedicated public URL (a figma.site address, or a custom domain if you set one up) and that published page is a standalone site, not the editor view, so there's no AI chat panel and no login wall for viewers. Worth noting: publishing itself requires a Full seat on a paid plan, so if you're still testing on a free plan that alone could be why you keep hitting the login/loading/"live preview not available" screens instead of a working link.

 

If you ever end up exporting the code instead of using Figma's own publish (some people do that for more hosting control), be careful how you hand the HTML file to testers. Just sending the raw .html file around often backfires: some recipients get a "download/open with" prompt or see the source instead of the rendered page, and converting it to PDF "to be safe" breaks the layout and any interactivity. And if a tester flags one line of copy to fix, re-prompting the AI to patch it costs time/tokens and tends to touch other parts of the file you didn't ask about, so you end up with a few "v2/v3" files and no clear idea which one testers actually saw.

 

For that specific piece we built NOS Workspace (https://nos-workspace.com/?utm_source=forum&utm_medium=comment) as one option, not a replacement for Figma's own publish flow: you paste exported HTML in, it becomes a page where you can click text to edit it directly, the share link stays the same after edits, and testers open it with no account. It's for static HTML/CSS/JS though, not for anything needing forms, maps, or live data.

NOS Workspace
NOS Workspace
New Member
October 10, 2026

Correction to my earlier reply: I had not verified that a paid Full seat explained those login/loading errors, so I withdraw that claim. I also overstated what happens when HTML is sent as a file or converted to PDF. Junko3’s linked Figma guidance is the relevant starting point here.

I’m the NOS maker. NOS works with an existing HTML page; it does not change Figma Make’s permissions or replace its publishing workflow. Saving and creating a NOS share link require a Google or email account; readers need no login. The free plan allows 2MB documents and three active links. Upload or embed images and test the page before sharing; anyone with the link can read it.

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