# 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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**Author:** ![Milly\_Brown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/milly_brown/32/330042_2.png) [@Milly\_Brown](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Milly_Brown)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-hide-a-forum-without-cancelling-service/280491/3 "2023-09-29T04:07:37Z")

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Thanks for the response.

I’ve been searching through the docs and can’t find one that describes how to make the forum private (point 5).

What’s the best way to do this?

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