# "Hide my public profile" is in the wrong place

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-my-public-profile-is-in-the-wrong-place/349169
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** fixed
**Created:** [January 27, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-my-public-profile-is-in-the-wrong-place/349169 "2025-01-27T09:18:10Z")
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-my-public-profile-is-in-the-wrong-place/349169/1 "2025-01-27T09:18:11Z")

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When answering a support question, I was looking for the option “hide my public profile”. I finally found it in my “interface” preferences.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/4/7/b47dec0bc603971afadcf163cc1f6d8b1625e480.png)

However, the “interface” tab is about how I see the forum, not about how other users see me or my profile.

A more logical place for that would be the “Security” tab or the “Profile” tab, or maybe “Users” since that also has things like ‘Allow other users to send me personal messages and chat direct messages’.

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