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Saturday, October 17th, 2026

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Multiple public lists are showing as private

Hello IMDb Support,

I have several IMDb lists that are set to public, but when other people try to access them, they see the following message:

“The creator of this list has not enabled public viewing.”

Here is one example:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls004630615/

I previously included a link to my personal website in one of my lists, but removed it several years ago. I have since discovered in your Lists FAQ that external links can cause a list to become private, even when its visibility is set to public.

However, the problem appears to affect multiple lists on my account, not just this one.

Could you please investigate whether my account or lists have been affected by this restriction and help restore public access to all my lists?

I would prefer not to recreate my lists, as they contain a lot of work.

Thank you for your help.

Best regards

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29 minutes ago

Hello @Sijmen,

I've restored your lists. However, after reviewing your lists, I noticed on a couple of them that a violation of our listing policies has been noted. Please be aware of listings that violate our policies, including:

• Lists containing external (non-IMDb) URLs.

• Lists containing information relating to minors or personal data.

• Objectionable language in list titles/descriptions

Will be removed from IMDb. Please review your listings and once you have corrected them you can contact us again so they can be restored.

For more information, please visit our help pages.