Hide account owner information for a gallery

Deprecation Notice: The ability to hide account owner information for a gallery has been deprecated and will be removed from gallery settings on June 2, 2026 for new users. Existing account configurations will not be affected at this time.

If you want to share galleries and photos without your branding or custom URL, you can enable Hide Owner in your gallery settings. This feature removes your site branding, custom domain, and navigation links, displaying the gallery with a generic SmugMug appearance instead.

What Hide Owner does not do: it does not make your gallery private, restrict who can view your photos, or prevent your images from being downloaded or shared. If you need to control who can see and access a gallery, use the Visibility and Access settings instead.

Enable Hide Owner

Step 1: Open your Gallery Settings.
Step 2: Go to the Security & Sharing tab.
Step 3: Toggle Hide Owner to On.

When you enable Hide Owner, the following changes will be applied to your gallery:

Generic URL: Your gallery's URL will no longer include your nickname or custom domain. Instead, it will revert to a generic SmugMug URL.
SmugMug Header: The SmugMug header will appear at the top of the gallery, replacing your customized site header.
No Breadcrumbs: Visitors will no longer see breadcrumbs for navigating back to your folder and homepage, preventing them from exploring other galleries.
Default Right-click Message: The default right-click message will display instead of your custom right click message. (Power, Portfolio and Pro plans)
Coupons Disabled: If you are on the Pro plan, any coupons applied to this gallery will no longer work.
Hidden Keywords: Your keywords will be hidden and won’t be searchable by visitors.
Events and Favorites Disabled: The participant favoriting icon will not be available if a hide owner gallery is added to an event. (Pro plan only)