Control who can open your chapter from Settings → Overview. Private cannot be undone after you save. Hidden, Inactive, and Test chapter change search, the chapter page, events, and analytics.
Open your chapter in the Chapter Dashboard, select Settings, then open Overview. Access and Status are on that page. Select Save after you change them. Title, description, images, and location are covered in Edit chapter settings.
Note: If Private, Hidden, Status, Test chapter, or Sub-chapters is unavailable, your role cannot change chapter status. Ask a chapter admin who can.
Make the chapter private
- Under Access, select Private.
- In Set as private?, select I understand. Cancel leaves Private off.
- Select Save.
Private means only added members can take part in the chapter’s discussions and events. The checkbox helper text says this setting cannot be undone.
Important: After you save, Private stays on and the checkbox is disabled. A private chapter cannot be made public from Overview. Contact Bevy Support if the chapter needs to be public again.
Note: Who can join, how to add members, and what non-members can see are in About private chapters. Saving with Private on sets Membership to Invite only, unless the chapter already requires an application. If Private is not listed under Access, your community does not offer private chapters.
Hide the chapter
- Under Access, select Hidden.
- Select Save.
Clear Hidden and save again to show the chapter in public search.
- Only people with the link can view the chapter. It does not appear in public search.
- People who can open the chapter in the dashboard see a banner that the chapter is hidden.
- Events in the chapter are hidden. This is a hidden event stays on, and you cannot turn it off while the chapter is hidden.
- The chapter’s data stays in analytics.
Set Active or Inactive
An admin sets whether the chapter is Active or Inactive.
- Under Status, an admin chooses Active or Inactive.
- The admin selects Save.
To restore the public chapter page, an admin chooses Active again and selects Save.
- People who cannot view the chapter get a page-not-found result for its URL.
- Logged-in chapter team members who can view the chapter still see the page, with a banner that the chapter is inactive.
- Discussions on an inactive chapter are unavailable, including to chapter members and the chapter team.
- The chapter cannot be added as a co-host on an event.
- The chapter does not appear in public search. An admin sets Status back to Active and selects Save to return it.
Mark a test chapter
- Under Status, select Test chapter. The helper text says all chapter data will be excluded from analytics.
- Select Save.
- While the chapter is Active and not Hidden, anyone with the link can open the page.
- The chapter does not appear in public search.
- Its data is left out of analytics.
- You can combine Test chapter with Hidden or Inactive.
Clear Test chapter and save to include the chapter in search and analytics again (when it is also Active and not Hidden).
List other chapters on this page
An admin turns on Sub-chapters when this chapter should list other chapters under it.
- Under Status, an admin selects Sub-chapters. The helper text says the chapter displays as a group of chapters.
- The admin selects Save.
See Enable subchapters for parent and child chapters.
Compare the settings
| Setting | Turn it off later? | Chapter page | Public search | Analytics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private | No, after you save | Page can stay public. Participation is limited to added members. | Still listed when Active, not Hidden, and not a test chapter | Included, unless it is also a test chapter |
| Hidden | Yes | Link only | Omitted | Included, unless it is also a test chapter |
| Inactive | Yes — an admin chooses Active | Not found, except for chapter team members who can view it | Omitted | Included, unless it is also a test chapter |
| Test chapter | Yes | Available by link when Active and not Hidden | Omitted | Excluded |
Remove a chapter from public use
The Chapter Dashboard does not have a delete control for a chapter. An admin sets Status to Inactive to take the chapter out of public search. Contact your Customer Success Manager if the chapter needs to be removed permanently.