I bought my domain and the website is running, but as I continue working on the website I’d prefer if it only worked for me? Is that possible? Should I cancel the deployment for now while I continue using the preview only? Thoughts? @techchintan

Hi @lukek , sorry for the confusion. If you see the message under Standard Protection, it says: Protect all except production Custom Domains for your project. As per these docs , it includes: Any domain that appears in the Domains tab of your Project Settings in the Vercel Dashboard and is assig…

Although I didn’t get your question. However, this link may help you. How do I make sure my work isn’t public? Can you please share more details? if the above link is not useful, then? @lukek

That link is useful thank you. I just wanted to know if I could make a project private even if it’s deployed, but in hindsight it would’ve made more sense to experiment and see for myself. Nevertheless, that link you provided is very helpful. Thanks.

Hey again Chintan, I just had a good look at the Deployment Protection, but I’m still a little confused. So my project is deployed and I regularly publish the changes. However, I still only want me/my iPhone to be able to actually open and see what’s on the domain. The $150usd plan password prote…

Hi @lukek , the https://vercel.com/docs/deployment-protection/methods-to-protect-deployments/vercel-authentication solution should work for you in the Pro plan without paying extra money. This ensures only you (after logging in with Vercel) can see the website. The only limitation is that your custo…

Yeah that’s a good point. But for me to be able to test with multiple emails using Resend I need a domain verified in Resend. Would using .vercel.app as the deployment link still work if I want the Resend stuff to still work? And if it won’t then is my only choice to pay the extra money (I think i…

Sending Resend emails is independent of the domain you use for hosting your site. Resend needs to add some DNS records so it can use the domain to send emails (they appear as if you sent them to your customer). But, apart from this, it doesn’t really matter what you do with that domain or where the …

Dude thank you so much for your breakdown. I’ll have a crack at it later tonight :folded_hands::folded_hands::folded_hands::folded_hands::folded_hands:

@anshumanb Just had a look at it all. I changed it to ‘Standard Protection’. If I’ve used my custom domain for my last few chats (forks I guess) then what do I do? Also, is it better for me to delete the custom domain from my project and bring it back later when I need it or does that make it a p…

Yes. Standard protection should work for you. You can keep the domain there if you don’t need deployment protection on them. Otherwise, remove the domain from project settings, see next step. Removing custom domain from Vercel > Project settings should do the trick. It only removes the domain from…

Can a deployed website only be visible to me?

techchintan (Chintan) September 4, 2025, 5:03am 6

Yes, you can.

Please mark as solution if you are able to solve your issue.

Thanks,
Chintan

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