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Share a conversation

Allen Lai
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You can share conversations with others or a group. You and the people you share a conversation with can view and even work on your conversation. If you allow others or a group to edit, they can make changes, add comments, insert images, and highlight text to the transcript.

Share a conversation with others

  1. Sign in to Otter.
  2. Click the menu in the top left and click My Conversations.
  3. Click the conversation you want to share.
  4. Click Share person_add-black-24dp.svg.
  5. Enter the name or email you want to share with.

    Note: If you share with an email address that isn't an Otter account, they can only view the conversation until they create an Otter account.
  6. Click Can Edit to edit the permissions, and then click Can view, Can comment, or Can edit. In the mobile app, tap create-black-24dp.svg. Learn about the sharing permissions.
  7. Click Share.

Note: Sharing a conversation with one or more people will create a group direct message (DM) between everyone.

Share a conversation with a group

  1. Sign in to Otter.
  2. Click the menu in the top left and click My Conversations.
  3. Click the conversation you want to share.
  4. Click Share person_add-black-24dp.svg.
  5. Enter the group name you want to share with.
  6. Click Can Edit to edit the permissions, and then click Can view, Can comment, or Can edit. In the mobile app, tap create-black-24dp.svg. Learn about the sharing permissions.
  7. Click Share.

Share multiple conversations

  1. Sign in to Otter.
  2. Click the menu in the top left and click My Conversations.
  3. Select each conversation you want to share. In the mobile app, tap article-black-24dp.svg next to each conversation.
  4. Click Share person_add-black-24dp.svg.
  5. Enter the name, email, or group you want to share with.

    Note: If you share with an email address that isn't an Otter account, they can only view the conversation until they create an Otter account.
  6. Click Can Edit to edit the permissions, and then click Can view, Can comment, or Can edit. In the mobile app, tap create-black-24dp.svg. Learn about the sharing permissions.
  7. Click Share. In the mobile app, tap Send.

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Share a public link to a conversation

You can send other people a public link to your conversation so anyone with the link can use it. When you share a link to a conversation, your name will not be visible as the owner of the conversation.

  1. Sign in to Otter.
  2. Click the menu in the top left and click My Conversations.
  3. Click the conversation you want to share.
  4. Click Share person_add-black-24dp.svg.
  5. Click the Create a link link. In the mobile app, tap Link sharing.
  6. Click Copy link.
  7. Copy and paste the link in an email or any place you want to share it.

Share a conversation snippet

You can share a snippet within a conversation instead of the entire conversation.

warning-black-24dp.svg Warning: When you create a shared link to a conversation snippet, you cannot restrict or revoke the link. 

  1. Sign in to Otter.
  2. Click the menu in the top left and click My Conversations.
  3. Click the conversation you want to share.
  4. Highlight the text you want to share. In the toolbar, click Share share_black_24dp.svg.
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  5. Click link_black_24dp.svg to copy the share link to your clipboard.
  6. Paste the link in an email or any place you want to share it.

Choose the sharing permissions

When you share a conversation with someone or a group, you can choose what they can do with it.

  • Can view: People or a group can view, but can’t change the conversation.
  • Can comment: People or a group can make comments, but can’t edit the conversation.
  • Can edit: People or a group can make changes to the conversation.