# Show posts only to logged in users
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 17, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970 "2023-04-17T16:15:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Jane\_Jojo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jane_Jojo)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970/1 "2023-04-17T16:15:33Z")
Question in the tin. What should I be doing if I had to restrict edit/view posts to only logged-in users?
**Edit:**
I should have framed the question better.
Here’s an example:
This is a post on my forum: [No Bake Choco Marie Biscuit Cake - #2 by Vishnu\_Rajeev - blog - comments](https://comments.alittlebitofspice.com/t/no-bake-choco-marie-biscuit-cake/1639/2)
I want only people who have logged in to view or respond to this. Is this possible?
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970/2 "2023-04-17T16:17:24Z")
Hey Jane. 🙂
Posts or topics?
Everywhere, on only in certain categories?
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### Author:  [@Jane\_Jojo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jane_Jojo)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970/3 "2023-04-17T17:07:04Z")
Sorry for the confusion.
Topics. And in all categories.
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### Author:  [@MikeNolan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikeNolan)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970/4 "2023-04-17T17:27:23Z")
Is there a reason you can’t use the ‘login required’ setting?
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970/5 "2023-04-17T21:49:19Z")
it depends on exactly what you are looking for here - do you have anything on your forum that you want them to see at all? if not then like @MikeNolan said, you can use the `login_required` setting to restrict all content to members. but if there are some content you want anonymous users to be able to see, then you have to use other methods, like category security permissions for example. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Jane\_Jojo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jane_Jojo)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970/6 "2023-04-18T00:24:47Z")
I’ve updated the question.
How do I update a topic like [No Bake Choco Marie Biscuit Cake - #2 by Vishnu\_Rajeev - blog - comments](https://comments.alittlebitofspice.com/t/no-bake-choco-marie-biscuit-cake/1639/2) to be viewable and editable by only logged in people.
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970/7 "2023-04-18T00:36:41Z")
Simple change category Security settings
Ie category
Everyone See/Create/Reply
To
Delete Everyone setting replace with
Trust\_Level\_0: See/create/reply
As it is no longer viewable by ‘Everyone’ a minimal Trust Level must be met.which requires a person to create an account.
You can also further customize this to something like
Trust\_Level\_0: See
Trust\_Level\_1: See/Create/Reply
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### Author:  [@MikeNolan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikeNolan)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970/8 "2023-04-18T06:11:52Z")
I do not think there is currently a way to make a specific topic visible to those logged in while other topics in the same category are visible without logging in, but you can do it at the category or site levels..
One possibility might be to move topics you want behind the login to a different category, one that requires at least TL0 to read.
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### Author:  [@Jane\_Jojo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jane_Jojo)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970/9 "2023-04-18T17:31:15Z")
Thank you. Which category has these? If not, how do I change the category settings? Also, create a new category?
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### Author:  [@MikeNolan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikeNolan)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970/10 "2023-04-18T20:56:23Z")
I’m not sure who you’re asking, Jane.
There is quite a bit about how to be a discourse admin in the documentation category here, for more on categories I’d suggest starting with [Create a category in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-category-in-discourse/197224)
In all honesty, I think the best way to learn your way around the admin features is to experiment with them, but then I’m a programmer/analyst/engineer by training so that’s kind of what I’ve been doing for close to 50 years.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2023, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970/11 "2023-04-19T07:03:45Z")
There’s also [Understanding groups and category permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-groups-and-category-permissions-security-settings/87678) too 👍
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posts-only-to-logged-in-users/261970/12 "2023-05-19T07:04:46Z")
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