# Sharing a CloudWatch dashboard publicly
Sharing a dashboard publicly

Follow the steps in this section to share a dashboard publicly. This can be useful to display the dashboard on a big screen in a team room, or embed it in a Wiki page.

**Important**  
Sharing a dashboard publicly makes it accessible to anyone who has the link, with no authentication. Do this only for dashboards that do not contain sensitive information.

**Note**  
By default, any CloudWatch Logs widgets on the dashboard are not visible to people who you share the dashboard with. For more information, see [Allowing people that you share with to see logs table widgets](cloudwatch-dashboard-sharing.md#share-cloudwatch-dashboard-logwidget).  
By default, any composite alarm widgets on the dashboard are not visible to people who you share the dashboard with. For more information, see [Allowing people that you share with to see composite alarms](cloudwatch-dashboard-sharing.md#share-cloudwatch-dashboard-composite-alarms).

**To share a dashboard publicly**

1. Open the CloudWatch console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Dashboards**.

1. Choose the name of your dashboard.

1. Choose **Actions**, **Share dashboard**.

1. Next to **Share your dashboard publicly**, choose **Start sharing**.

1. Enter **Confirm** in the text box.

1. Read the agreement and select the confirmation box. Then choose **Preview policy**.

1. Confirm that the resources that will be shared are what you want, and choose **Confirm and generate shareable link**.

1. On the next page, choose **Copy link to clipboard**. You can then share this link. Anyone you share the link with can access the dashboard, without providing credentials.