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How to make a vBulletin forum private?

Last update: Aug 07, 2025

By making your vBulletin forum private you will prevent guest visitors from browsing and seeing the forum posts.

To change the access permissions for the Unregistered / Not Logged users, go to your vBulletin admin control panel > Forums & Moderators > View Permissions.

Also, alter them in your vBulletin admin control panel > Usergroups > Usergroup Manager > Unregistered / Not Logged In > Go.

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