How to hide user e-mail

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bourne_br
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How to hide user e-mail

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Hi all, there's any way to hide the user e-mail in the profile?
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Do you mean the link to be able to email a member because that actual email address should not be visible
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Re: How to hide user e-mail

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Exactly!
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Yes there is. Look in ACP=>General tab in the Client Communications section under Email settings

The setting you want to look at is:

Hide email addresses:
This function keeps email addresses completely private.

Here's the screenshot:
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If you don't want to do a blanket removal the user can decide for themselves to hide/unhide it in the UCP under board preferences. Note that the email contact link is never hidden from admins and AFAIK moderators.

david63 wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:36 pm Do you mean the link to be able to email a member because that actual email address should not be visible
When "Users send email via board:" is set to no it may not be visible as anchor text but it would be viewable in the HTML or when your default email program opens the link .
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