Making event photos public
By default, an event's photos are visible to confirmed guests and staff only. You can flip a single setting to show them to everyone who can already see the event — useful when you want photos from a public event to spread, or when an unlisted album should be visible to friends who didn't make it.
The "Make photos public" setting
In Manage › Overview, in the Options card, turn on Make photos public (in the app, the same switch is on the event's Manage screen). From that moment, anyone who can see the event page can see its photos — automatically bounded by the event's visibility:
| Event visibility | Public photos are visible to |
|---|---|
| Public | Anyone on Cloomba (and signed-out visitors) |
| Unlisted | Anyone with the event link |
| Private | Only invited people |
Comments on individual photos stay visible to guests and staff only, whatever this setting says.
Consent before uploading
Before a guest's first upload to an event, Cloomba asks them to confirm consent. The wording describes the actual audience the photos will reach:
- Photos for guests only: only the organizer and other guests can see what they upload — and the organizer may later make the photos public, or share and reuse them.
- Public photos: anyone who can see the event can view what they upload, and the organizer may share or reuse it.
The consent is recorded per person per event. If you change the setting later, guests are asked again, with the new wording, before their next upload.
Switching back to guests only
You can turn Make photos public off at any time. The photos are hidden from non-guests immediately; nothing is deleted.
Uploaders can always delete their own photos
Whatever the setting, guests can delete the photos and videos they uploaded. Organizers, admins, and moderators can also delete any photo or video.
When to make photos public
- Post-event nudge for a public event: "Album's open — thanks everyone for sharing your photos."
- Birthday-style unlisted events where the album is for friends who couldn't be there
- Conferences where speakers and sponsors want the photos as a showcase
When NOT to make them public: private gatherings where guests would reasonably expect photos to stay among the people who were there.