# How do you hide a forum without cancelling service?

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**Created:** [September 29, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-hide-a-forum-without-cancelling-service/280491 "2023-09-29T03:40:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-hide-a-forum-without-cancelling-service/280491/2 "2023-09-29T03:53:36Z")

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While there is no literal way to _hide_ a forum, here are a few advices that might help you better control the spam until you have a strategy in place:

1. Disable new registrations
2. Make forum read-only
3. Require approval for new posts
4. Require approval for new sign-up
5. Make forum private

You can use any combination of the above options to temporarily avoid spam as your case may be.

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