# When to unlist, make private message, close, and delete

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-to-unlist-make-private-message-close-and-delete/57098>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [February 7, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-to-unlist-make-private-message-close-and-delete/57098 "2017-02-07T23:19:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![bradydowling](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bradydowling/32/121138_2.png) [@bradydowling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bradydowling)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-to-unlist-make-private-message-close-and-delete/57098/1 "2017-02-07T23:19:54Z")

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Sometimes it’s tough to tell what action to take when you don’t want/need your whole community seeing a certain post. Anyone have general rules of thumb for when you perform each action within your community?

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