# 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, 9:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-admin-user-from-user-directory-and-top-contributors/404885/9 "2026-06-09T21:10:44Z")

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> [@haydenjames](#):
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> Currently they are only _excluded_ only when logged in but when logged out they are _included_.

Just echoing what @Moin said here. If we made `exclude_groups=admins` work, then someone could deduce the members of the admin group, even though they’re not supposed to have access.

So I’m afraid this is intentional, and unlikely to change. If you want people to be able to work out the members of the admins group, you’ll need to make it visible to everyone.

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