# Help with locking down forum

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-locking-down-forum/382916
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 17, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-locking-down-forum/382916 "2025-09-17T07:00:57Z")
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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2025, 7:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-locking-down-forum/382916/2 "2025-09-17T07:07:35Z")

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You may have to go into more detail I suspect to describe exactly what you need.

To hide the forum from anonymous users check `login required` in site settings. However, note this will ruin SEO as search engines will have nothing to link to.

Beyond that start removing groups from read rights in Category Security settings which will individually hide Categories.

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