As a community member, is there a way to see who the audience of a private category is? For example, in my community the general support community is « private but open to pretty much all members » but there are other « more private » categories with a reduced audience. As a community member, when…

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I think the admin could share that information in the topic about the category, something like: “This is a category with limited access only for trusted members to discuss more personal topics.” This is what I usually do. [Screenshot_20260213_113417_Firefox] As a user, you can also see groups wit…

[afbeelding] Moin: I think the admin could share that information in the topic about the category, something like: “This is a category with limited access only for trusted members to discuss more personal topics.” This is what I usually do. Agreed. However, if we accept that a mixture of semi…

Seeing audience of private categories

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mcwumbly (Dave McClure) 13 februari 2026 om 11:47 5

There’s a feature request for this here too: Allow users with access to a restricted category to see who else has access

Topic		Antwoorden	Weergaven
Allow users with access to a restricted category to see who else has access Feature	18	1631	16 februari 2026
Feature allowing a Private Category to be seen, but topics remain hidden Feature	9	2291	7 maart 2018
Private category Support	9	3077	15 oktober 2017
Enable visibility into a Category's restricted access Feature	6	672	18 maart 2026
View only category Feature	17	2920	11 april 2017

Seeing audience of private categories

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