Your privacy is important to us! That's why it's important for you to know the different privacy settings that are available to you within your Photobucket account.
Accounts created during/after 2024
These accounts do not have access to features like album privacy settings or password-protected albums. Group Buckets, albums, and the images within are public by default.
If you prefer to keep your photos private, please create a Personal Bucket. Or switch your Group Bucket to a personal bucket, click here to learn more.
Accounts created before 2024
Accounts created before February 2024 will have the following features with albums:
- Public albums
- Private albums
- Password-Protected albums
Public Albums
- Media within these albums will be seen even if you don’t share a link to the album or image in this album
- Media within this album will be searchable if the image has tags, titles, or descriptions
- Media within the album may appear in search engines like Google or Bing.
Private Albums
When creating a new album, it is set to private by default. When an album is private:
- Media within the album won't display on Photobucket search results.
- Guests will not see private albums while viewing public albums in your account.
- You cannot share a private album.
- You can share a direct link to an image within your private album.
Password-Protected Albums
An active Group Buckets or Hosting subscription is required for this feature.
When an album is password-protected:
- Guests will need to enter a password in order to view the album.
- Content will not display in search results.
- Guests to your album can copy and share the direct links to the photos in the album. This cannot be disabled, so only share with people that you trust.
- Guests can also see other public albums in your account.
For more information on how to set your album to password-protected, please click here.
For more information on how to change your privacy settings, click here.
Important! Content in Private & Password-protected albums is still subject to our Terms of Use and may be moderated at any time by Photobucket.