# Making a public forum private

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-public-forum-private/187188
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 17, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-public-forum-private/187188 "2021-04-17T08:53:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Hai\_Kukoten](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hai_kukoten/32/217405_2.png) [@Hai\_Kukoten](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hai_Kukoten)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-public-forum-private/187188/1 "2021-04-17T08:53:39Z")

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Hi,

I already created Discourse forum and have some sign-ups. But I want to make it private such that only some members can post or view the forum. Is there any way to do it?

Thank you

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### Author: ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-public-forum-private/187188/2 "2021-04-17T12:03:17Z")

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Hi @Hai_Kukoten

Yes, it is absolutely possible. You could enable the setting `login_required` that way, anyone who wants to view or post would have to sign up first.

if you want to make it so that no new users are able to register, uncheck the `allow_new_registations` setting.

If you want to access control the existing users, you can use groups to grant/revoke permissions

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-public-forum-private/187188/3 "2021-04-17T12:05:27Z")

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You can also visit /wizard to change those settings.