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Is there a way to turn off the 'Auto Publish' indicator above artboards?
Have been hating this feature since it got implemented. And it's so easy to missclick it happens very often.

Have been hating this feature since it got implemented. And it's so easy to missclick it happens very often.

You can't actually hide that icon, but, as Spas K. said you can disable auto link creation. On macOS, though, you need to:
-> click on the XD icon -> Settings -> Auto-create link when sharing (uncheck it)

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