You choose which notes you want to publish to [[Introduction to Obsidian Publish|Obsidian Publish]]. The rest of your notes stay safe in your vault.
Only the notes you choose to publish are sent to Obsidian's servers, and any notes you unpublish are removed.
## Add a site password
**Caution:** If you add a site password, your site is no longer publicly available. Instead, readers see a password prompt when they access your site.
1. In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click **Publish changes** (paper plane icon).
2. In the **Publish changes** dialog, click **Change site options** (cog icon).
3. Under **Other site settings**, next to **Passwords**, click **Manage**.
4. Click **New password**.
5. In **Password**, enter a password for your site.
6. (Optional) In **Nickname**, enter a nickname for the password, for example the person you want to give site access to.
7. Click **Add this password**.
## Remove a site password
**Caution:** If you remove the last password, your site becomes publicly available and anyone can access it.
1. In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click **Publish changes** (paper plane icon).
2. In the **Publish changes** dialog, click **Change site options** (cog icon).
3. Under **Other site settings**, next to **Passwords**, click **Manage**.
5. Click the cross icon next to the password you want to delete.