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Link controls sit on top of access control — they limit a link you’ve already decided who can open. Set them in the Share dialog, or via the API and the MCP tools. All three are optional; a normal share has none of them.
Link controls are a Pro feature. The free plan shares with full access control and a view count; Pro ($9/mo) adds expiration, view limits, view-only, and full analytics.

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Expiration date

Give a link a cutoff. After the date and time you pick, anyone who opens it sees a short “this link has expired” notice instead of the page — you don’t have to remember to turn it off. You (the owner) can still open and manage it. Great for time-boxed things: a proposal that’s only valid this quarter, a preview for a client review window, a price sheet you don’t want circulating forever.

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View limit

Close a link after a set number of opens. Once it hits the cap, further visitors get a “no longer available” notice. Useful when something is meant for a small, specific audience — share a link that self-closes after, say, 25 views.
Views are counted per open (the same counter that powers analytics), so a view limit and your view count always agree.

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View-only (no download)

For a PDF or image, turn on View-only to hide the download button and show the file inline only. It raises the effort to save a copy — good for a deck or document you want people to read but not redistribute. (It’s a deterrent, not DRM: anyone determined can still screenshot or re-fetch.)

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Set them over the API or MCP

Every control is an optional field on create and update, and an optional parameter on the publish_page / publish_file / update_page MCP tools — so you can ask your AI assistant to “share this, expire it Friday, and make it view-only.” 
curl -X PATCH https://useshareable.com/api/v1/pages/PAGE_ID \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sm_your_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "expires_at": "2026-07-01T17:00:00Z", "max_views": 25, "download_disabled": true }'
To remove a control later, set expires_at or max_views back to null (or toggle it off in the Share dialog).