Managing Who Has Access to a Shared Session
See everyone who claimed your invite link, remove one person, reset the link, and know when links expire.
Once you've shared a session with another Wave user, the same place you made the link tells you who is using it. You can take one person out, or retire the link entirely.
See who has access
Everyone who has claimed your invite link is listed under People with access, newest first, with their name and email where Wave has them.
Open the session, tap the share icon, and look under Share with a Wave user. The list appears once at least one person has claimed the link.
Remove one person
Removing is durable. The link they already have will not let them back in — they get "The owner removed your access to this session." A brand-new invite link you create later will admit them again, so if you want them out for good, don't send them a fresh link.
Removing access stops them opening the session in Wave. It can't reach anything they already downloaded, screenshotted, or copied out before you removed them.
Reset the link
Reset link retires every invite link you've sent for that session and makes a new one. Use it when a link has gone somewhere you didn't intend.
Tap Reset link under Share with a Wave user, then confirm on Reset invite link?. The new link is copied to your clipboard — New invite link copied.
Two things to know about a reset:
- Old links stop working. Anyone who opens one now gets "This share link has been turned off."
- People who already have access keep it. Resetting is about the link, not the people. To take someone's access away, remove them.
When links expire
An invite link works for 30 days from the moment you create it. After that, opening it gives "This share link has expired." Access that was already claimed doesn't expire — the people on your People with access list stay there until you remove them or delete the session.
When access ends on its own
| What you do | What happens to the people you shared with |
|---|---|
| Move the session to Recently Deleted | It disappears from their Shared with me list |
| Restore it from Recently Deleted | Their access comes back |
| Let the 30-day purge delete it for good | Access and links are gone permanently |
| Rename the session or finish processing | Their list row updates on its own |
| Delete your Wave account | Every share of yours is removed |
FAQ
Up to 250 at a time. Past that, claiming the link fails and you'll need to remove someone before a new person can join.
Remove every person under People with access, then hit Reset link. That takes back all existing access and kills every link you've sent.
No message is sent. The session simply leaves their list, and an old link tells them the owner removed their access.
Wave shows the name and email on their account. If they signed up without a name, or their email isn't verified, there's nothing to show yet.
No. The public link is a separate switch on the same session, with its own on/off and password.
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