# User Permissions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-permissions/142782>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 27, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-permissions/142782 "2020-02-27T13:17:07Z")\
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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:** [February 27, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-permissions/142782/2 "2020-02-27T13:19:19Z")

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This is not really a use case for which Discourse is primarily designed. It’s about sharing. So expect some pain in getting that to work.

One option:

Set up a Category for each user and put the user into their own Group. Permission the Category for that Group.

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