Hide the right sidebar showing member online status
Hello! I think having the possibility to hide our members is a great way to tackle privacy concerns. I would love to see an option that would enable or disable the visibility of our members. Thanks!
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Brandon Nickles
Aug 30, 2023
This would be great for privacy and for new communities just getting started. It could be off putting for new members to come into a community that looks like a ghost town.👻
Jenny Hohendorf
Jun 29, 2023
Yes - Please! I don't like this either and I find it very distracting actually.
Janey Carr
Apr 18, 2023
This is also a good option for when someone leaves the membership - but you know they are going to join at a later stage. It would be good to be able to archive their introduction - instead of them having to go through the onboarding process (create profile etc) again.
Julie Hall
Jan 4, 2023
Yes! Please remove this - I am seriously considering paying $99 to circle just because of this - I don't believe seeing other people online is going to determine how engaged people are and I personally hate it if people can see if I'm online
Jackie Fatica
Oct 18, 2022
Please disable this, or at least add the option to disable. I feel it's a privacy issue and for some people, will deter them from even using the community at all.
Michael Omori
Dec 12, 2025
That would be very helpful! Please!!
Ashley Soifer
Dec 2, 2025
Yes, this is huge for my community! I really want to host courses for nonmembers, but once they are invited to join a course, they can see the member directory on the left hand side. I need this to not bevisible because member privacy is a huge concern for our members. Would love to keep everything contained in HeartBeat and not have to use multiple platforms for courses.
Michael Omori
Dec 12, 2025
Ashley Soifer yes, me too. You can already hide the member directory on the left sidebar, but not the right sidebar. To use Heartbeat as "course only" platform without a community this is absolutely necessary.
Ashley Soifer
Dec 12, 2025
Michael Omori Yes!! I would love to run all of my courses through Heartbeat but without this option, unfortunately I cannot.
Michael Omori
Dec 12, 2025
Ashley Soifer so many upvotes for this request Murtaza Bambot, we need it urgenty, please.
FITNESS RELOCATION
Mar 21, 2025
I just had some media coverage of my HB and they literally showed (on a web browser) how-to scroll down the list of member names and how you can click on any one of them to DM the person - NOT COOL! We need this ASAP!
Joshua McNary
Feb 4, 2025
Without this change, I'm not sure I can use this tool.
Sawrah Amini
Jan 24, 2025
I wish I could upvote this more than once!