# Restrict visibility of email addresses (beta)

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By default, any user can find and view the email address of any other
user. Organization administrators can restrict access so that only admins
can view other users' email addresses.

### Restrict visibility of email addresses

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2. Under **Organization permissions**, configure **Who can access user email addresses**.

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## Caveats

There are a few places in the app where we show fake email addresses
(e.g. `Ada Starr <user1234@example.zulipchat.com>`) rather than just `Ada
Starr`. This might cause some confusion for users.  The fake email
addresses do not work, and email sent to those addresses will bounce
(and we are actively updating the UI to remove these).

## Related articles

* [Moderating open organizations](/help/moderating-open-organizations)