# 将公共论坛转换为仅限付费客户访问的私人论坛

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-public-forum-to-private-for-paid-clients-only/116845>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [2019 年5 月 4 日 16:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-public-forum-to-private-for-paid-clients-only/116845 "2019-05-04T16:17:36Z")\
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作者： ![PTKen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ptken/32/139213_2.png) [@PTKen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PTKen)\
发布日期： [2019 年5 月 4 日 16:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-public-forum-to-private-for-paid-clients-only/116845/1 "2019-05-04T16:17:36Z")

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Hello. I originally set up my Discourse forum as a public forum. I also have included some Private categories that I was using for private discussions with clients.

However, I am changing my strategy for the forum. I now want the forum to be for paid clients only. I will eliminate the public component. (I don’t have any content that needs to be saved in the conversion.)

What is the best way to change this to a Private forum without starting from scratch? Is there some way to simply convert it to private, or will I need to re-install Discourse from scratch? I’m trying to avoid having to set up all of my admin settings and integrations again. I don’t have any users or posts that need to be kept, but I would like to hold on to the structure of the categories, etc. if that’s possible.

Thank you!  
Ken

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