# Private Profiles and Advanced Search

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-profiles-and-advanced-search/167069>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 13, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-profiles-and-advanced-search/167069 "2020-10-13T10:39:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![diakopter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@diakopter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/diakopter)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-profiles-and-advanced-search/167069/2 "2021-08-08T22:46:07Z")

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I second this request. How can we restrict visibility of profiles to the public… and actually, restrict searching messages (and enumerating usernames) to users who are members of a particular group?

Thank you

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