# User Directory: Disabling "Sensitive" Columns Globally

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-disabling-sensitive-columns-globally/195522>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** user-directory\
**Created:** [June 30, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-disabling-sensitive-columns-globally/195522 "2021-06-30T16:28:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![deeplow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@deeplow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/deeplow)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-disabling-sensitive-columns-globally/195522/1 "2021-06-30T16:28:27Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [New Leaderboard/User Directory Features 🎉](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-leaderboard-user-directory-features/195263):

> [@New Leaderboard/User Directory Features tada](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-leaderboard-user-directory-features/195263/1):
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> ## Directory columns can be disabled/enabled and reordered
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> Click the wrench
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/5/c5ef97040230aff8c377afcc5cd73f82b5a53e3e.png)
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> And a modal will appear to enable/disable and reorder the columns

Now that we have this feature, it would be nice if there were a setting to prevent users from viewing certain columns. For example, the “Topics Viewed”, “Posts Read” and “Days Visited” are quite privacy invasive since they’re not things that are public.

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