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Are your AI images public? What each generator does by default
It depends on the tool and often on your plan. Several popular generators make free-plan images public by default, some keep everything private unless you publish it, and Perchance says its image generator doesn't store your images unless you save one to its public gallery. Check the default before you generate anything personal or for a client.
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What each tool does by default
Defaults differ more than most people expect. Here is what each tool's own pages say happens to images on its free or default plan, with the source for each line.
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| Tool | Are images public? |
|---|---|
| AIPhoto-Generator | No public gallery: each image is delivered to you by link, and links may expireSource: Privacy Policy |
| Leonardo AI | Public by default on the free plan; private mode on paid plansSource: leonardo.ai |
| Midjourney | Public by default; private Stealth mode on Pro and Mega onlySource: docs.midjourney.com |
| DeepAI | Private generations are listed as a Pro featureSource: deepai.org |
| Perchance | Not stored unless you save an image to its public gallerySource: perchance.org |
| Raphael AI | Subscribers' images stay out of its public gallery; free images aren't addressedSource: raphael.app |
| Ideogram | Public on the free plan; on paid plans, new images stay private until you publishSource: docs.ideogram.ai |
| Adobe Firefly | Public only if you submit it to its Community gallerySource: helpx.adobe.com |
| Canva | Designs stay private unless you choose to share themSource: canva.com |
| Craiyon | Free images are public to anyone with the link; paid plans list private imagesSource: craiyon.com |
| NightCafe | Private by default; public only when you publish, with a newbie-feed exceptionSource: help.nightcafe.studio |
Facts about each tool come from its own public pages, last checked . Tool names are trademarks of their owners; we aren't affiliated with them.
What public can mean
“Public” covers several different things, and a tool can do more than one of them. It's worth knowing which, because some are easier to undo than others.
- A feed or gallery others browse. Midjourney says anything you create can appear on its public Explore page unless you use its private mode. (source)
- Remixable by others. Midjourney's terms say your content is publicly viewable and remixable by default (source), and Leonardo's help center says free users' public images can be copied and remixed by other users. (source)
- Findable in search engines. Leonardo's privacy policy says free-plan content appears in search results and can be indexed by search engines. (source)
- Anyone with the link. Craiyon says images made on its free plan are public to anyone with their link. (source)
Which plans make images private
Where images are public by default, privacy is usually a paid feature. The plan you need varies from the cheapest paid tier to the top ones.
- Midjourney: private Stealth mode is only on its Pro and Mega plans. (source)
- Leonardo AI: private mode on its paid plans. (source)
- Ideogram: on paid plans, new images stay private until you publish them. (source)
- Craiyon: its paid plans list private images. (source)
- DeepAI: private generations are listed as a Pro feature. (source)
- Raphael AI: its pricing page says subscribers' images won't be shared in its public gallery. (source)
Others start from the other end, according to their pages: Adobe Firefly publishes only work you submit to its gallery, NightCafe keeps creations private until you publish them (a new user's first few may appear in its newbie feed), and Canva says designs stay private unless you share them.
Public, private and AI training
Visibility and AI training are separate questions, and terms answer them differently. Some tools treat public and private images differently for training; others describe training in their privacy policy.
- Leonardo's terms say it won't use private content to train AI models without consent, while it gets a license to public content. (source)
- Adobe's terms say it won't use your content to train generative AI models, except content you submit to Adobe Stock. (source)
- Canva's terms say privacy settings control whether your content can improve its AI features. (source)
- DeepAI's privacy policy says it uses information to train its AI models, with an opt-out. (source)
- Perchance's privacy policy says logging in doesn't link your account to your generation requests. (source)
Before you generate anything sensitive
For client work, unreleased products or anything personal, check the default before the first prompt, not after.
- Find the tool's privacy or visibility setting and check what it's set to on your plan.
- Read what the terms say about public content, remixing and training.
- Leave names, faces of real people and confidential details out of prompts.
- Delete or unpublish test images you don't need, if your plan allows it.
How AIPhoto-Generator handles your images
AIPhoto-Generator has no public gallery or feed on any plan. Each image is delivered to your browser by a link from our AI provider, and those links may expire.
We don't keep a separate copy of your images. For each delivered image our server keeps the prompt, the image links and the country the request came from for 7 days, visible only to our admins, then deletes them; a one-way fingerprint of each request is kept for about a day so a retried request isn't charged twice. Your recent images and prompts are saved in your own browser so you can come back to them. The details are in our Privacy Policy.
Questions
Can other people see the AI images I make?
On some tools, yes: several make free-plan images public or show them in a feed by default. Others keep images private unless you share them. The table above lists each tool's default.
Can search engines find my AI images?
They can if a tool publishes them on indexable pages. Leonardo's privacy policy, for example, says free-plan content can be indexed by search engines.
Does a private mode stop my images being used for training?
Not necessarily: visibility and training are separate. Read the tool's terms and privacy policy for what it says about training on your content.
Are AIPhoto-Generator images public?
Not in a gallery or feed. Each image is delivered to you by a link from our AI provider rather than published anywhere, and links may expire. We don't keep a separate copy; our admins can see each prompt and its image links for 7 days. See the Privacy Policy.
