Share a NotebookLM notebook with collaborators

Invite collaborators to your NotebookLM notebook as viewers or editors so your team can explore sources and use the AI assistant together.

You can share any NotebookLM notebook with other people who have Google Accounts. Shared users can read sources and chat with the AI using the same notebook—useful for team research, group study, or distributing a curated source collection to others.

Access levels

When you invite someone to a notebook, you choose their access level:

• Viewer: can read sources and use the AI chat, but cannot add or remove sources, rename the notebook, or change any settings.
• Editor: can add and remove sources, rename the notebook, and use all AI features—the same capabilities as the notebook owner.

How to share a notebook

1. Open your notebook

   Go to notebooklm.google.com and open the notebook you want to share.

2. Click Share

   Click the Share button in the top-right area of the notebook.

3. Enter email addresses

   Type the email address or addresses of the people you want to invite. Each person must have a Google Account.

4. Select an access level

   Choose Viewer or Editor from the role dropdown next to each invitee.

5. Send the invitation

   Click Send. Each invitee receives an email with a link to the notebook. They can open it directly from that link or find it under “Shared with me” on their NotebookLM home.

Change or revoke access

To update someone’s role or remove their access, return to the Share settings for the notebook. Find the person in the list, then either change their role using the dropdown or click Remove to revoke access entirely. Changes take effect immediately.

What shared users see

• Sources: all sources in the notebook are visible to every person with access—viewers and editors alike.
• Chat history: each user’s chat conversations are private. You cannot see another person’s chat history, and they cannot see yours.
• Notebook Guide outputs: generated content such as study guides, briefing docs, and audio overviews is shared and visible to all users with access.

Shared notebooks appear on each invitee’s NotebookLM home under Shared with me.

If you want to distribute a notebook to a wider audience without managing individual invitations, check whether a read-only share link is available in your Share settings. A share link lets anyone with the URL open the notebook as a viewer, without needing a direct invitation.

All invitees must have a Google Account and must be in a region where NotebookLM is available. If someone cannot access the notebook after receiving an invitation, ask them to confirm they are signed in to the correct Google Account and that NotebookLM is available in their country.

All sources in a notebook are visible to anyone you give access to—there is no way to hide individual sources from shared users. Do not share notebooks that contain confidential, proprietary, or sensitive documents with anyone who should not see that material.

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