# Private Groups on Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-groups-on-discourse/220257>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 7, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-groups-on-discourse/220257 "2022-03-07T09:41:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Tulika\_Dasgupta](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tulika_dasgupta/32/198350_2.png) [@Tulika\_Dasgupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tulika_Dasgupta)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-groups-on-discourse/220257/1 "2022-03-07T09:41:08Z")

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I am trying to create a private group but it does not show up in the list of groups. How can a solve this?

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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:** [March 7, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-groups-on-discourse/220257/2 "2022-03-07T09:49:27Z")

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That’s the expected behavior. If a Group is private, it wouldn’t show up in the list of groups. What you might be trying to achieve is a limited access group i.e make group visible to everyone but use the **Access** submenu to limit their ability to Join the group.

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**Author:** ![Tulika\_Dasgupta](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tulika_dasgupta/32/198350_2.png) [@Tulika\_Dasgupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tulika_Dasgupta)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-groups-on-discourse/220257/3 "2022-03-07T10:08:56Z")

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I tried that but it does not show up on the closed group section either.

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**Author:** ![4ong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/4ong/32/186618_2.png) [@4ong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/4ong)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-groups-on-discourse/220257/4 "2022-03-07T10:19:15Z")

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Can you access the group that you’ve created by your-domain/g/group-name?  
To check if it was successfully created.

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**Author:** ![Tulika\_Dasgupta](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tulika_dasgupta/32/198350_2.png) [@Tulika\_Dasgupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tulika_Dasgupta)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-groups-on-discourse/220257/5 "2022-03-07T10:34:02Z")

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No, I cannot see the group when I search for it with the name.

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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:** [March 7, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-groups-on-discourse/220257/6 "2022-03-07T11:35:07Z")

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Was there an error when you tried to create it?

Maybe try again to create it?

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**Author:** ![Tulika\_Dasgupta](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tulika_dasgupta/32/198350_2.png) [@Tulika\_Dasgupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tulika_Dasgupta)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-groups-on-discourse/220257/7 "2022-03-07T13:57:59Z")

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Hi guys!  
I tried creating the group again and it worked, thanks to all of you for your help 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-groups-on-discourse/220257/8 "2022-04-06T13:59:17Z")

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