# Uploaded images in Private Pro app are still publicly accessible?

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/uploaded-images-in-private-pro-app-are-still-publicly-accessible/31759
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**Created:** [September 14, 2021, 7:21am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/uploaded-images-in-private-pro-app-are-still-publicly-accessible/31759 "2021-09-14T07:21:51Z")
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### Author: ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2021, 7:32am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/uploaded-images-in-private-pro-app-are-still-publicly-accessible/31759/2 "2021-09-14T07:32:05Z")

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Yes, it is a problem, and there is no easy solution that I’m aware of.

The only way I could suggest to work around this would be to host all images/documents yourself, then put them behind a firewall and require all of your app users to use a VPN. But that would be an awful solution.

There is an outstanding feature request to provide a private storage option. I believe it is something that Glide may be considering, but I have no idea where it might fit in the feature pipeline.

> [@Private Storage Option](https://community.glideapps.com/t/private-storage-option/31011):
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> This is something I’ve mentioned in private exchanges with some of the Glide team, but just wanted to throw it out there as an “official” feature request. By definition, I expect this would be an option only available for Private Apps, and possibly only for enterprise customers. Most of the apps I build are for corporate customers; the company I work for and some of our partners/clients. Often we want to store files and documents and make them available via the app, but some of them can contai…

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