# Is there a way to disable the \`hide my public profile and presence features\` profile setting?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 26, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-disable-the-hide-my-public-profile-and-presence-features-profile-setting/100593 "2018-10-26T22:28:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-disable-the-hide-my-public-profile-and-presence-features-profile-setting/100593/13 "2023-02-25T07:12:17Z")

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Just a small update on this one. There is now the `allow users to hide profile` admin setting you can use to achieve this:

 ![allow users to hide profile](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/f/f/dff0365b9be7a3007ab8d377e9e533b0613c4400.jpeg)

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