# How do I prevent users from seeing contacts?

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-do-i-prevent-users-from-seeing-contacts/131500>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Created:** [January 20, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-do-i-prevent-users-from-seeing-contacts/131500 "2022-01-20T12:52:10Z")\
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there have been many discussions around this topic, for example see [Limit the contacts that appear to a user when sharing to contact only within their "Groups"? - #7 by Col](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/limit-the-contacts-that-appear-to-a-user-when-sharing-to-contact-only-within-their-groups/53328/7) . One of the responses even tells you how to disable this sharing.

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