diff --git a/src/js/dictionaryManagement.js b/src/js/dictionaryManagement.js
index 78d0338..cce0358 100644
--- a/src/js/dictionaryManagement.js
+++ b/src/js/dictionaryManagement.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { renderDictionaryDetails, renderPartsOfSpeech, renderAll } from "./render";
+import { renderDictionaryDetails, renderPartsOfSpeech, renderAll, renderWords } from "./render";
 import { removeTags, cloneObject, getTimestampInSeconds, download, slugify } from "../helpers";
 import { LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY, DEFAULT_DICTIONARY, MIGRATE_VERSION } from "../constants";
 import { addMessage, getNextId, hasToken } from "./utilities";
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ export function saveEditModal() {
   window.currentDictionary.settings.caseSensitive = document.getElementById('editCaseSensitive').checked;
   const needsReSort = window.currentDictionary.settings.sortByDefinition !== document.getElementById('editSortByDefinition').checked;
   window.currentDictionary.settings.sortByDefinition = document.getElementById('editSortByDefinition').checked;
+
+  let needsWordRender = false;
   if (hasToken()) {
+    needsWordRender = window.currentDictionary.settings.isPublic !== document.getElementById('editIsPublic').checked;
     window.currentDictionary.settings.isPublic = document.getElementById('editIsPublic').checked;
   } else {
     window.currentDictionary.settings.isPublic = false;
@@ -73,8 +76,8 @@ export function saveEditModal() {
   saveDictionary();
   renderDictionaryDetails();
   renderPartsOfSpeech();
-
-  if (needsReSort) {
+  
+  if (needsReSort || needsWordRender) {
     sortWords(true);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/js/render.js b/src/js/render.js
index ca79c1c..d8710fd 100644
--- a/src/js/render.js
+++ b/src/js/render.js
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ export function renderName() {
   const name = document.getElementById('dictionaryName');
   name.innerHTML = dictionaryName;
   const isPublic = hasToken() && window.currentDictionary.settings.isPublic;
-  if (isPublic && !document.getElementById('dictionaryShare')) {
+  const shareLinkElement = document.getElementById('dictionaryShare');
+
+  if (isPublic && !shareLinkElement) {
     const shareLink = document.createElement('a');
     shareLink.id = 'dictionaryShare';
     shareLink.classList.add('button');
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ export function renderName() {
     shareLink.title = 'Public Link to Dictionary';
     shareLink.innerHTML = '➦';
     name.parentElement.insertBefore(shareLink, name);
+  } else if (!isPublic && shareLinkElement) {
+    shareLinkElement.parentElement.removeChild(shareLinkElement);
   }
 }