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About Private Profiles

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By default, your Kanvie profile is public. You can choose to turn your profile private, so only approved followers can see your content. Managing these settings gives you control over who can interact with you and helps keep your experience on Kanvie safe and enjoyable.

FeaturePublic ProfilePrivate Profile
Can anyone see your content, like your recipes, workouts or collections?✔ Yes🚫 No (Only approved followers)
Can anyone follow you?✔ Yes🚫 No (Follow requests must be approved)
Can your posts appear in recommendations and search results?✔ Yes🚫 No
Can others view your comments?✔ Yes✔ Yes
Can others view the avatar image, banner image and biography on your profile?✔ Yes✔ Yes

How to Change Your Profile Privacy Settings

  1. Go to your profile
  2. Tap Edit profile
  3. Toggle Private Profile ON or OFF
    • ON → Your profile becomes private
    • OFF → Your profile becomes public

Changes take effect immediately.


What Happens When You Switch to a Private Profile?

If you switch from public to private:

  • New followers must send follow requests
  • You can approve or deny each request
  • Your existing followers won't be affected
  • Your recipes, workouts and collections will no longer be publicly accessible to anyone who does not follow you

What Happens When You Switch to a Public Profile?

If you switch from private to public:

  • Anyone can start following you again
  • All pending follow requests will be automatically approved
  • Your public recipes, workouts and collections will again be accessible to anyone

Managing Follow Requests

Having a private profile means that you have to manually approve every new follower. Learn more about managing follow requests.


Privacy Settings for Individual Content

Even if your profile is public, you can choose to keep specific content like recipes, workouts or collections private. Private content is only visible to you (or a select group, if sharing options allow). Learn more about privacy settings for individual content.


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