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Community Privacy Options

When you create a Community on MissionPeak, you choose a privacy level that controls who can find it and who can see what's inside. You can set or change this from the Community's settings.

The three privacy levels​

Public​

Anyone on MissionPeak can see posts, Huddles, and other items in this Community. The Community appears in search results and is visible on members' profiles.

Protected​

Anyone on MissionPeak can find this Community and view its overview, but only members can see posts, Huddles, and other items in this Community.

Private​

Only Community members can see posts, Huddles, and other items in this Community.

Choosing the right privacy level​

  • Use Public if you want to grow your Community openly and make it easy for new people to discover and join.
  • Use Protected if you want people to be able to find and learn about your Community before deciding to join, without exposing member activity.
  • Use Private if your Community is meant for a specific, closed group — for example, a tight-knit friend group or an invite-only club.

Changing a Community's privacy level​

  1. Open the Community.
  2. Go to the Community's settings.
  3. Select Privacy.
  4. Choose a new privacy level.
  5. Save your changes.

Changing privacy only affects visibility going forward — it doesn't notify members or remove anyone already in the Community.

Privacy can only move in one direction​

The three levels form a scale from least to most restrictive: Public → Protected → Private. Community leaders can only move a Community to a more restrictive level, never a less restrictive one. This protects members who joined under the original privacy expectations.

  • A Public Community can change to Protected or Private.
  • A Protected Community can change to Private, but not back to Public.
  • A Private Community cannot change to Protected or Public.

If you need a more open Community, the best option is to create a new one at the privacy level you want, since loosening an existing Community's privacy isn't supported.

How this affects Huddles in a Community​

Huddles created within a Community can use the Community privacy option, which means the Huddle automatically follows whatever privacy level the Community is set to. See Huddle Privacy Options for details on all Huddle privacy settings.