# How to hide a site in Moodle If you don’t want a Moodle site/course to be visible at all, then the not-too intuitive setting you need is called “Availability.” The setting is located under: Administration > Settings and at least in version 1.7 has only two settings: - This course is available to students - This course is not available to students The popup help says: *This option allows you to “hide” your course completely.* *It will not appear on any course listings, except to teachers of the course and administrators.* *Even if students try to access the course URL directly, they will not be allowed to enter.*