# Hide admin user from user-directory and top contributors

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-admin-user-from-user-directory-and-top-contributors/404885
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** user-directory
**Created:** [June 9, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-admin-user-from-user-directory-and-top-contributors/404885 "2026-06-09T20:11:37Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-admin-user-from-user-directory-and-top-contributors/404885/18 "2026-06-09T21:34:30Z")

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I do see your point, but it’s important to consider that the group security system is not specific to the `@admins` group. The same security model would need to work for the `@super-secret-lurkers` group, if a forum had one 😉

Being able to work out ‘not in a group’ is ultimately the same as being able to see ‘in a group’.

> [@haydenjames](#):
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> I would just like the activity of admin not in the rankings for the sidebar plugin and the /u page.

Yup, makes sense. Does updating the admins group to be visible to ‘everyone’ work for you?

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