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Postman Mock API Server - how to make it private after I already created the collection and made it public

As in the title. I have scoured the Postman documentation and went through different nooks and crannies in Postman desktop app but I am unable to make my mock api server private.

I have generated a Postman API Key and I am passing it with all the requests in mock api as x-api-key header but it doesn't change anything. I can still access the collection's endpoints by simply pasting the url in the browser.

When I was creating the mock api server, I choose public option to speed up the setup but now would like to make it private.

Solution

If the Mock has already be created as a Public Server, you can make it Private by editing the Mock from the Collection menu in the app.

Press the > option on the Collection name
Select the Mocks tab
Select the Pencil icon to Edit the Mock Server
Check the Make this mock server private box
Press the Save Changes button

Once this has been changed to a Private Server, you should be able to call it only using the x-api-key token in the header.

More details can be found on the Postman Learning Center:

https://learning.getpostman.com/docs/postman/mock-servers/setting-up-mock/#editing-mock-servers