> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.joinmiyo.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Understand account visibility

> Set each Miyo account to shared, private, or hidden to control what household members see in dashboards, reports, and shared financial views.

Account visibility controls whether an account and its activity participate in household views. Review it whenever you add an account or change household membership.

<Columns cols={3}>
  <Card title="Shared" icon="users">
    Household members can see the account and its activity in shared experiences.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Private" icon="lock-keyhole">
    Only you can see the account in your personal views.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Hidden" icon="eye-off">
    The account is excluded from dashboard totals, reports, and household views.
  </Card>
</Columns>

## Shared does not mean joint ownership

Sharing an account in Miyo changes visibility inside the product. It does not change legal ownership, bank permissions, beneficiaries, or the institution's records.

## Check before you share

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Privacy">
    Review the current visibility label beside each account.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose intentionally">
    Consider the account balance, transaction history, and how its inclusion changes household totals.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Preview the other view">
    Use the partner-view preview to confirm what another member will see.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review the audit log">
    The Privacy Center records visibility changes so you can understand when a setting changed.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  In solo mode, there is no other household member to share with. Your accounts remain visible only to you until you create or join a household and choose otherwise.
</Note>