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Visitors being asked to sign in to view board

  • Jan 9, 2023 4:42 PM UTC
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Hi

Sometimes I (or better: the other person) have the problem, that someone I share a board with is asked to log in before being able to see the board. Though I chose “Anyone with the link can edit”.

 

Luckily this happens only a few times. But why does that happen? Not all of my guests have a miro account.

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Kiron Bondale
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  • Jan 9, 2023 5:40 PM UTC

@OleZ -

Do the folks that get this message have a Miro account? If so, there might be some credential cached in their browser. In such cases, if they use the link through an incognito session it will work as expected. 

Kiron


Robert Johnson
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  • Jan 9, 2023 6:25 PM UTC

For clarification of your issue, I updated the title to “Visitors” as Visitors and Guests access are different from a Miro perspective.

@OleZ - What subscription type do these boards belong to? (Starter, Education, Consultant/Business, Enterprise?)


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  • Jan 10, 2023 11:33 AM UTC

@OleZ -

Do the folks that get this message have a Miro account? If so, there might be some credential cached in their browser. In such cases, if they use the link through an incognito session it will work as expected. 

Kiron

Hi,

no, they don’t have a Miron account.

For clarification of your issue, I updated the title to “Visitors” as Visitors and Guests access are different from a Miro perspective.

@OleZ - What subscription type do these boards belong to? (Starter, Education, Consultant/Business, Enterprise?)

Hi,

it is consultant.


Robert Johnson
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  • Jan 10, 2023 2:24 PM UTC

While I am no expert on SSO, I seem to recall hearing of scenarios where users were on a corporate network/VPN and would be forced to sign in to an account when accessing the miro.com domain. The scenario I am vaguely recalling was a consultant – who’s client had an Enterprise Plan subscription with Miro – could not access their Miro subscription while on-site with their client.

If this happens again, I would suggest reporting it to Miro support:

https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020185799-How-to-contact-Miro-Support#h_01F010RXA0E1S9C0WFQYX75R6C


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  • Jan 14, 2023 10:53 AM UTC

 

If this happens again, I would suggest reporting it to Miro support:

https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020185799-How-to-contact-Miro-Support#h_01F010RXA0E1S9C0WFQYX75R6C

Hallo Robert,

thanks for your link. It happend again today so I reported it.


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  • Jan 14, 2023 12:46 PM UTC

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  • Feb 21, 2023 6:12 AM UTC

It happend again. 🙄


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  • Apr 27, 2023 12:12 AM UTC

I’m having the same problem. Visitor gets to the board but a signup pop up comes up (Sign up with email, or Sign up with Google, etc.) that can’t be minimized. 


  • Beginner
  • Apr 27, 2023 12:18 AM UTC

(I’m on a business plan, under my name)


Robert Johnson
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  • Apr 27, 2023 12:43 AM UTC

I’m having the same problem. Visitor gets to the board but a signup pop up comes up (Sign up with email, or Sign up with Google, etc.) that can’t be minimized. 

Does this happen with all boards, and with all non-team members?

Can you replicate by trying to load the board in an incognito window?

Can you try a test board, set the board to Public/Anyone with the link -> Can edit (putting a screenshot of the board's Share settings in the board) and PM the link to try?


Hello. I am also having this problem. On a business account, shared board with edit access, clicked on guest link, tried it by using my Incognito window - asked for email and name. It should just open the board without requiring a log-in. Any ideas how to fix this?


Robert Johnson
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  • Dec 6, 2024 10:18 PM UTC

​@Nourish Leadership - The Guests feature requires a Miro account. If you want anyone with the link to be able to access a board, then you need to use the Visitors/public feature.

You can learn more about them both here:

https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/7045408248594-Visitors-guests-and-members

For context:

 


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  • Nov 18, 2025 3:18 PM UTC

Same problem this week some times.


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  • Apr 16, 2026 11:10 AM UTC

Again yesterday. Switched to another board.


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  • Apr 16, 2026 11:53 AM UTC

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  • Apr 16, 2026 4:40 PM UTC

..

 


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  • Apr 16, 2026 4:46 PM UTC

 


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  • May 19, 2026 3:51 PM UTC

Some weeks without THAT problem, now it occurred again.