# 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: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-admin-user-from-user-directory-and-top-contributors/404885/5 "2026-06-09T20:59:58Z")

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> [@haydenjames](#):
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> `/g/admins` is hidden but you came see members by visiting` /u?exclude_groups=admins` which seems, at least, strange

Now I am confused. Based on the title, I expected `/g/admins` and `/u?exclude_groups=admins` to both work for logged-in users, while they don’t work for users who are logged out.

Maybe we are talking about different states of “hidden” on the groups page:  
With “hidden,” I meant something like private - visiting `/g/admins` does lead logged-out users to the oops page. I think you might be thinking of the fact that most users don’t see the default groups on the groups page (except for moderators) because some additional code hides them. But even though the groups are not shown on the groups page, looking at the page of the group is possible for users clicking a link.

The private hidden is what makes the group secret and is the reason why I think it makes sense that the filter on the user directory doesn’t work. It would leak information. The group that is simply not shown, is not secret.

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