diff --git a/src/components/Room/useRoom.ts b/src/components/Room/useRoom.ts
index ae119de..d7d45b0 100644
--- a/src/components/Room/useRoom.ts
+++ b/src/components/Room/useRoom.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function useRoom(
   { password, ...roomConfig }: BaseRoomConfig & TorrentRoomConfig,
   { roomId, userId, getUuid = uuid }: UseRoomConfig
 ) {
-  const isPublicRoom = !password
+  const isPrivate = password !== undefined
 
   const [peerRoom] = useState(
     () => new PeerRoom({ password: password ?? roomId, ...roomConfig }, roomId)
@@ -54,8 +54,11 @@ export function useRoom(
     setPeerList,
     tabHasFocus,
     showAlert,
+    setRoomId,
+    setPassword,
     setIsPeerListOpen,
   } = useContext(ShellContext)
+
   const settingsContext = useContext(SettingsContext)
   const [isMessageSending, setIsMessageSending] = useState(false)
   const [messageLog, _setMessageLog] = useState<Array<Message | InlineMedia>>(
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ export function useRoom(
 
   const roomContextValue = useMemo(
     () => ({
+      isPrivate,
       isMessageSending,
       selfVideoStream,
       setSelfVideoStream,
@@ -118,6 +122,7 @@ export function useRoom(
       setPeerOfferedFileMetadata,
     }),
     [
+      isPrivate,
       isMessageSending,
       selfVideoStream,
       setSelfVideoStream,
@@ -139,6 +144,22 @@ export function useRoom(
     }
   }, [peerRoom, setIsPeerListOpen])
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setPassword(password)
+
+    return () => {
+      setPassword(undefined)
+    }
+  }, [password, setPassword])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setRoomId(roomId)
+
+    return () => {
+      setRoomId(undefined)
+    }
+  }, [roomId, setRoomId])
+
   useEffect(() => {
     setDoShowPeers(true)
 
@@ -239,7 +260,7 @@ export function useRoom(
       try {
         const promises: Promise<any>[] = [sendPeerId(userId, peerId)]
 
-        if (isPublicRoom) {
+        if (!isPrivate) {
           promises.push(
             sendMessageTranscript(messageLog.filter(isMessageReceived), peerId)
           )
@@ -322,6 +343,7 @@ export function useRoom(
   })
 
   return {
+    isPrivate,
     handleInlineMediaUpload,
     isMessageSending,
     messageLog,
diff --git a/src/components/Shell/RoomShareDialog.tsx b/src/components/Shell/RoomShareDialog.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..238ddb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Shell/RoomShareDialog.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+import {
+  Alert,
+  AlertColor,
+  Button,
+  Checkbox,
+  Dialog,
+  DialogActions,
+  DialogContent,
+  DialogContentText,
+  DialogTitle,
+  IconButton,
+  FormControlLabel,
+  TextField,
+  Tooltip,
+} from '@mui/material'
+import CloseIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Close'
+
+import { AlertOptions } from 'models/shell'
+import { useEffect, useState, SyntheticEvent } from 'react'
+import { encodePassword, sleep } from 'utils'
+
+export interface RoomShareDialogProps {
+  isOpen: boolean
+  handleClose: () => void
+  roomId: string
+  password: string
+  showAlert: (message: string, options?: AlertOptions) => void
+  copyToClipboard: (
+    content: string,
+    alert: string,
+    severity: AlertColor
+  ) => Promise<void>
+}
+
+export function RoomShareDialog(props: RoomShareDialogProps) {
+  const [isAdvanced, setIsAdvanced] = useState(false)
+  const [isUnderstood, setIsUnderstood] = useState(false)
+  const [password, setPassword] = useState('')
+  const [passThrottled, setPassThrottled] = useState(false)
+  const handleClose = () => {
+    props.handleClose()
+    setPassword('')
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isAdvanced) setIsUnderstood(false)
+  }, [isAdvanced])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isUnderstood) setPassword('')
+  }, [isUnderstood])
+
+  const url = window.location.href.split('#')[0]
+
+  const copyWithPass = async () => {
+    const encoded = await encodePassword(props.roomId, password)
+    if (encoded === props.password) {
+      const params = new URLSearchParams()
+      params.set('secret', props.password)
+      await props.copyToClipboard(
+        `${url}#${params}`,
+        'Private room URL with password copied to clipboard',
+        'warning'
+      )
+      handleClose()
+    } else {
+      setPassThrottled(true)
+      props.showAlert('Incorrect password entered. Please wait 2s to retry.', {
+        severity: 'error',
+      })
+      await sleep(2000)
+      setPassThrottled(false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const copyWithoutPass = async () => {
+    await props.copyToClipboard(
+      url,
+      isAdvanced
+        ? 'Private room URL without password copied to clipboard'
+        : 'Current URL copied to clipboard',
+      'success'
+    )
+    handleClose()
+  }
+
+  const handleFormSubmit = (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLFormElement>) => {
+    event.preventDefault()
+    if (!passThrottled) copyWithPass()
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog
+      open={props.isOpen}
+      onClose={handleClose}
+      aria-labelledby="alert-dialog-title"
+      aria-describedby="alert-dialog-description"
+    >
+      <form onSubmit={handleFormSubmit}>
+        {isAdvanced && (
+          <DialogTitle id="alert-dialog-title">
+            Copy URL with password
+            <Button onClick={() => setIsAdvanced(false)}>Simple</Button>
+            <IconButton
+              aria-label="close"
+              onClick={handleClose}
+              sx={{
+                position: 'absolute',
+                right: 8,
+                top: 8,
+              }}
+            >
+              <CloseIcon />
+            </IconButton>
+          </DialogTitle>
+        )}
+        {isAdvanced && (
+          <DialogContent>
+            <DialogContentText sx={{ mb: 2 }}>
+              Copy URL to this private room containing an indecipherable hash of
+              the password. When using this URL, users will not need to enter
+              the password themselves.
+            </DialogContentText>
+            <Alert severity="error" sx={{ mb: 2 }}>
+              Be careful where and how this URL is shared. Anybody who obtains
+              it can enter the room. The sharing medium must be trusted, as well
+              as all potential recipients of the URL, just as if you were
+              sharing the password itself.
+            </Alert>
+            <Alert severity="warning">
+              By design, the password hash does not leave the web browser when
+              this URL is used to access the room. However, web browsers can
+              still independently record the full URL in the address history,
+              and may even store the history in the cloud if configured to do
+              so.
+            </Alert>
+            <FormControlLabel
+              label="I understand the risks"
+              control={
+                <Checkbox
+                  checked={isUnderstood}
+                  onChange={e => setIsUnderstood(e.target.checked)}
+                />
+              }
+            />
+            <TextField
+              autoFocus
+              margin="none"
+              id="password"
+              label="Password"
+              type="password"
+              fullWidth
+              variant="standard"
+              value={password}
+              disabled={!isUnderstood}
+              onChange={e => setPassword(e.target.value)}
+            />
+          </DialogContent>
+        )}
+        <DialogActions>
+          {isAdvanced ? (
+            <Tooltip title="Copy room URL with password. No password entry required to access room.">
+              <span>
+                <Button
+                  type="submit"
+                  onClick={copyWithPass}
+                  color="error"
+                  disabled={
+                    password.length === 0 || !isUnderstood || passThrottled
+                  }
+                >
+                  Copy URL with password
+                </Button>
+              </span>
+            </Tooltip>
+          ) : (
+            <Button onClick={() => setIsAdvanced(true)} color="error">
+              Advanced
+            </Button>
+          )}
+          <Tooltip title="Copy room URL. Password required to access room.">
+            <Button onClick={copyWithoutPass} color="success" autoFocus>
+              Copy URL
+            </Button>
+          </Tooltip>
+        </DialogActions>
+      </form>
+    </Dialog>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Shell/Shell.tsx b/src/components/Shell/Shell.tsx
index bf49346..fd2b4e6 100644
--- a/src/components/Shell/Shell.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Shell/Shell.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { NotificationArea } from './NotificationArea'
 import { RouteContent } from './RouteContent'
 import { PeerList } from './PeerList'
 import { QRCodeDialog } from './QRCodeDialog'
+import { RoomShareDialog } from './RoomShareDialog'
 
 export interface ShellProps extends PropsWithChildren {
   userPeerId: string
@@ -36,11 +37,14 @@ export const Shell = ({ appNeedsUpdate, children, userPeerId }: ShellProps) => {
   const [isAlertShowing, setIsAlertShowing] = useState(false)
   const [isDrawerOpen, setIsDrawerOpen] = useState(false)
   const [isQRCodeDialogOpen, setIsQRCodeDialogOpen] = useState(false)
+  const [isRoomShareDialogOpen, setIsRoomShareDialogOpen] = useState(false)
   const [doShowPeers, setDoShowPeers] = useState(false)
   const [alertSeverity, setAlertSeverity] = useState<AlertColor>('info')
   const [title, setTitle] = useState('')
   const [alertText, setAlertText] = useState('')
   const [numberOfPeers, setNumberOfPeers] = useState(1)
+  const [roomId, setRoomId] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined)
+  const [password, setPassword] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined)
   const [isPeerListOpen, setIsPeerListOpen] = useState(false)
   const [peerList, setPeerList] = useState<Peer[]>([]) // except you
   const [tabHasFocus, setTabHasFocus] = useState(true)
@@ -67,6 +71,10 @@ export const Shell = ({ appNeedsUpdate, children, userPeerId }: ShellProps) => {
       showAlert,
       isPeerListOpen,
       setIsQRCodeDialogOpen,
+      roomId,
+      setRoomId,
+      password,
+      setPassword,
       setIsPeerListOpen,
       peerList,
       setPeerList,
@@ -80,6 +88,10 @@ export const Shell = ({ appNeedsUpdate, children, userPeerId }: ShellProps) => {
     [
       isPeerListOpen,
       setIsQRCodeDialogOpen,
+      roomId,
+      setRoomId,
+      password,
+      setPassword,
       numberOfPeers,
       peerList,
       tabHasFocus,
@@ -146,12 +158,21 @@ export const Shell = ({ appNeedsUpdate, children, userPeerId }: ShellProps) => {
     setIsPeerListOpen(!isPeerListOpen)
   }
 
-  const handleLinkButtonClick = async () => {
-    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(window.location.href)
+  const copyToClipboard = async (
+    content: string,
+    alert: string,
+    severity: AlertColor = 'success'
+  ) => {
+    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(content)
+    shellContextValue.showAlert(alert, { severity })
+  }
 
-    shellContextValue.showAlert('Current URL copied to clipboard', {
-      severity: 'success',
-    })
+  const handleLinkButtonClick = async () => {
+    if (roomId !== undefined && password !== undefined) {
+      setIsRoomShareDialogOpen(true)
+    } else {
+      copyToClipboard(window.location.href, 'Current URL copied to clipboard')
+    }
   }
 
   const handleDrawerClose = () => {
@@ -178,6 +199,10 @@ export const Shell = ({ appNeedsUpdate, children, userPeerId }: ShellProps) => {
     setIsQRCodeDialogOpen(false)
   }
 
+  const handleRoomShareDialogClose = () => {
+    setIsRoomShareDialogOpen(false)
+  }
+
   return (
     <ShellContext.Provider value={shellContextValue}>
       <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
@@ -234,6 +259,14 @@ export const Shell = ({ appNeedsUpdate, children, userPeerId }: ShellProps) => {
             isOpen={isQRCodeDialogOpen}
             handleClose={handleQRCodeDialogClose}
           />
+          <RoomShareDialog
+            isOpen={isRoomShareDialogOpen}
+            handleClose={handleRoomShareDialogClose}
+            roomId={roomId ?? ''}
+            password={password ?? ''}
+            showAlert={showAlert}
+            copyToClipboard={copyToClipboard}
+          />
         </Box>
       </ThemeProvider>
     </ShellContext.Provider>
diff --git a/src/contexts/RoomContext.ts b/src/contexts/RoomContext.ts
index 37c4e18..921f07a 100644
--- a/src/contexts/RoomContext.ts
+++ b/src/contexts/RoomContext.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { createContext, Dispatch, SetStateAction } from 'react'
 import { FileOfferMetadata } from 'models/chat'
 
 interface RoomContextProps {
+  isPrivate: boolean
   isMessageSending: boolean
   selfVideoStream: MediaStream | null
   setSelfVideoStream: Dispatch<SetStateAction<MediaStream | null>>
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ interface RoomContextProps {
 }
 
 export const RoomContext = createContext<RoomContextProps>({
+  isPrivate: false,
   isMessageSending: false,
   selfVideoStream: null,
   setSelfVideoStream: () => {},
diff --git a/src/contexts/ShellContext.ts b/src/contexts/ShellContext.ts
index da6fd11..c77d7f9 100644
--- a/src/contexts/ShellContext.ts
+++ b/src/contexts/ShellContext.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ interface ShellContextProps {
   setNumberOfPeers: Dispatch<SetStateAction<number>>
   setTitle: Dispatch<SetStateAction<string>>
   showAlert: (message: string, options?: AlertOptions) => void
+  roomId?: string
+  setRoomId: Dispatch<SetStateAction<string | undefined>>
+  password?: string
+  setPassword: Dispatch<SetStateAction<string | undefined>>
   isPeerListOpen: boolean
   setIsPeerListOpen: Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>
   peerList: Peer[]
@@ -29,6 +33,10 @@ export const ShellContext = createContext<ShellContextProps>({
   setNumberOfPeers: () => {},
   setTitle: () => {},
   showAlert: () => {},
+  roomId: undefined,
+  setRoomId: () => {},
+  password: undefined,
+  setPassword: () => {},
   isPeerListOpen: false,
   setIsPeerListOpen: () => {},
   peerList: [],
diff --git a/src/pages/PrivateRoom/PrivateRoom.tsx b/src/pages/PrivateRoom/PrivateRoom.tsx
index a47a22d..1fc3cc9 100644
--- a/src/pages/PrivateRoom/PrivateRoom.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/PrivateRoom/PrivateRoom.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { ShellContext } from 'contexts/ShellContext'
 import { NotificationService } from 'services/Notification'
 import { PasswordPrompt } from 'components/PasswordPrompt/PasswordPrompt'
+import { encodePassword } from 'utils'
 
 interface PublicRoomProps {
   userId: string
@@ -13,7 +14,12 @@ interface PublicRoomProps {
 export function PrivateRoom({ userId }: PublicRoomProps) {
   const { roomId = '' } = useParams()
   const { setTitle } = useContext(ShellContext)
-  const [password, setPassword] = useState('')
+
+  const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.hash.substring(1))
+  // Clear secret from address bar
+  if (window.location.hash.length > 0)
+    window.history.replaceState(window.history.state, '', '#')
+  const [secret, setSecret] = useState(urlParams.get('secret') ?? '')
 
   useEffect(() => {
     NotificationService.requestPermission()
@@ -23,18 +29,21 @@ export function PrivateRoom({ userId }: PublicRoomProps) {
     setTitle(`Room: ${roomId}`)
   }, [roomId, setTitle])
 
-  const handlePasswordEntered = (password: string) => {
-    setPassword(password)
+  const handlePasswordEntered = async (password: string) => {
+    if (password.length !== 0) setSecret(await encodePassword(roomId, password))
   }
 
-  const isPasswordEntered = password.length === 0
+  if (urlParams.has('pwd') && !urlParams.has('secret'))
+    handlePasswordEntered(urlParams.get('pwd') ?? '')
 
-  return isPasswordEntered ? (
+  const awaitingSecret = secret.length === 0
+
+  return awaitingSecret ? (
     <PasswordPrompt
-      isOpen={isPasswordEntered}
+      isOpen={awaitingSecret}
       onPasswordEntered={handlePasswordEntered}
     />
   ) : (
-    <Room userId={userId} roomId={roomId} password={password} />
+    <Room userId={userId} roomId={roomId} password={secret} />
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 9c92d2f..d97832b 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -14,3 +14,10 @@ export const isRecord = (variable: any): variable is Record<string, any> => {
 export const isError = (e: any): e is Error => {
   return e instanceof Error
 }
+
+export const encodePassword = async (roomId: string, password: string) => {
+  const data = new TextEncoder().encode(`${roomId}_${password}`)
+  const digest = await window.crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', data)
+  const bytes = new Uint8Array(digest)
+  return window.btoa(String.fromCharCode(...bytes))
+}