# Private post feature

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-post-feature/281118>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 5, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-post-feature/281118 "2023-10-05T06:58:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-post-feature/281118/2 "2023-10-05T07:54:55Z")

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> [@user232](#):
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> No Google Search results from the hidden Post.

If I understand you correctly, this is already possible (and has been for almost the life of Discourse).

That is achieved simply by placing the parent Topic (a Post is part of a Topic) in a Category that is at least restricted by `trust_level_0` group.

I do this on one of my sites. It masks these Posts from Google whilst encouraging sign-up as a bonus.

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