# Can I hide an admin?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-hide-an-admin/34504>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [14 Ottobre 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-hide-an-admin/34504 "2015-10-14T14:28:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [14 Ottobre 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-hide-an-admin/34504/5 "2015-10-14T22:45:01Z")

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If you’re self-hosted, this is possible with a plugin.

```plaintext
# plugin header here

module HideAdminNames
  NAMES_TO_HIDE = %w(investordude blahblahblah).freeze
end

after_initialize do
  class About
    def admins
      @admins ||= User.where(admin: true)
                      .where.not(id: Discourse::SYSTEM_USER_ID)
                      .where.not(username_lower: HideAdminNames::NAMES_TO_HIDE)
                      .order(:username_lower)
    end
  end
end

```

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