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 Manage project restriction settings
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In Civio Engage, you have the ability to

1. **Hide your project from frontend search and listings**, meaning your project won't appear on the public website as a listed project or in the project search.
2. **Make the project private**, and then choose one of:

    - **Allow access to user groups**, so that only the groups you pick can open the project.
    - **Password protect the project**, so that users can only open the project once they have entered the project password.

To set a password to access a project
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1. Log in to Civio Engage.
2. Click on your **username**, then **Dashboard**.
3. In the left-hand menu bar, click **Projects**. This displays a list of all the projects you have access to.
4. Select the project you want to set a password for. Click on the **ellipsis icon** at the end of the row to show more options. Click **Restriction settings**.
5. Tick **Make the project private**, then select **Password protect the project**. The **Password** field appears below.
6. Write a password, then click **Save**.

![The project restriction settings panel with a password entered in the password field.](https://engage.knowledge.civ.io/storage/u8N4y2lmjs8RtDgnjwPQLAFamakyUI2RQosPo1FX.png)

To hide a project from frontend search and project listings
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1. Log in to Civio Engage.
2. Click on your **username**, then **Dashboard**.
3. In the left-hand menu bar, click **Projects**. This displays a list of all the projects you have access to.
4. Select the project you want to set a password for. Click on the **ellipsis icon** at the end of the row to show more options. Click **Restriction settings**.
5. Tick the checkbox **Hide from frontend search and listings.**
6. Click **Save** to save the settings.

![The restriction settings panel, tracing the checkbox that hides a project from frontend search and listings.](https://engage.knowledge.civ.io/storage/rd7yAV28NRWMUuLzESW4ZjlVb5HHvnHcIPeEG6F4.png)

To give access to certain user groups:
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1. Log in to Civio Engage.
2. Click on your username, then navigate to **Dashboard**.
3. In the left-hand menu, click **Projects** to display a list of all the projects you have access to.
4. Select the project you want to manage. Click the ellipsis icon next to the project to show more options, and then click **Restriction settings**.
5. Tick the checkbox **Make the project private**, then select **Allow access to user groups**.
6. In the **User groups** field, select the relevant groups. There are three: **Authenticated users**, **Content manager** and **Team member**.
7. Click **Save** to apply the settings.

![The project restriction settings panel, with 'Allow access to user groups' selected and two example groups chosen.](https://engage.knowledge.civ.io/storage/FTX7gVEUQFuanzoXg8rAZ81YsJjSsaNw0gc1M8fv.png)

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