# Group inboxes and archives are visible even when empty
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-and-archives-are-visible-even-when-empty/331482
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** groups, personal-messages
**Created:** [October 18, 2024, 6:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-and-archives-are-visible-even-when-empty/331482 "2024-10-18T06:57:38Z")
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-and-archives-are-visible-even-when-empty/331482/4 "2025-03-11T11:55:57Z")
That definitely sounds like a bug. If set to nobody the group mailbox imho should not be visible.
I imagine a workaround fix could be to use the #Customization > Theme component to add groups as classes and then use each group class to display none on group mailboxes that are set to nobody. I say to use group classes as I imagine if you use CSS to hide them in general it might also hide the moderators group mail box.
> [@CSS Classes for Current User's Groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-classes-for-current-users-groups/226068):
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> discourse2Summary CSS Classes for Current User’s Groups adds the groups that a member is a part of as CSS classes on the \ tag.eyeglassesPreview [Preview on theme-creator.discourse.org](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Johani/user-groups-css-classes)hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-groups-css-classes-in-body](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-groups-css-classes-in-body)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme component Before: [image] After: [image] Discourse only adds the current us…
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