# Direct users into closed categories
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-users-into-closed-categories/198907
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 2, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-users-into-closed-categories/198907 "2021-08-02T14:18:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Roni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roni)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-users-into-closed-categories/198907/1 "2021-08-02T14:18:07Z")
Hey everyone.
As our community grows, we are exploring the possibility of sending users directly into closed categories within Discourse.
In other words, offering users a link to register and then directing them to a closed category during the onboarding process. Could we do that, and if so, what is the right process?
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-users-into-closed-categories/198907/2 "2021-08-02T15:01:02Z")
> [@Roni](#):
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> offering users a link to register and then directing them to a closed category
So private categories work off groups. So if you create an invite and choose a group which has permission to enter a private category your users will register and have access as they have automatically been added to the group.
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### Author:  [@Roni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roni)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-users-into-closed-categories/198907/3 "2021-08-02T15:10:24Z")
Thank you @ondrej for answering! So this is possible? I’m not sure I understand how they register per a specific group that we choose for them?
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### Author:  [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-users-into-closed-categories/198907/4 "2021-08-02T16:41:30Z")
as @ondrej said, if a new user registers with the invite link you provided, after sign up, they will be added automatically to the group you set in the invite.
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### Author:  [@Roni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roni)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-users-into-closed-categories/198907/5 "2021-08-05T11:45:35Z")
@ondrej can you kindly guide me to where can I find the “create invite” page? I can’t seems to find it anywhere
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-users-into-closed-categories/198907/6 "2021-08-05T11:47:46Z")
Go to `your.community-name/my/invited`
See this topic for extra guidance 😉
> [@Configuring how users can create and send invites for others to join your community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-send-configure-and-accept-discourse-invitation-emails/124096):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to configure, create, and manage user invitations in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Discourse allows users in permitted groups to invite new members to your community (default trust level 2). Invites can be configured to redirect the new user to a specific topic when they first join the site. Invites can also be configured to add the user to custom Discourse groups when they accept the invite. Configuring invite-rela…
> [@Invite users to a group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-individual-users-to-a-group/15544):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to invite users to a group in your Discourse community, covering both staff and group owner methods. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator or Group Owner Forum staff and group owners can create invites to add new and existing users to groups. This guide will explain: How staff and group owners can send invites to users. Using the Discourse API for user invitations. Sending bulk invitations via CSV upload.information_source It is n…
(sorry replied to wrong post. )