Option to hide your followers/following and only show the count

[ai-mg]

On LinkedIn it's possible to hide your followers/following and then it only shows count of the people who are following you or you're following.

Can that be made possible on GitHub?

[mecodeatlas]

Hey, @ai-mg!
Currently, GitHub doesn’t allow hiding your followers or following lists. However, you can explore privacy settings for your profile here. Oh, and in this discussion, some members talk about a possible workaround. It might be worth checking it out. :)

[ai-mg]

Thank you for your response. But like other users mentioned, changing profile to private user hides also the contributions. I hope in future GitHub will provide more fine control options like hiding just followers and following, as it's necessary for privacy and at the same time to show my contributions to the public.

Also, thanks for link on refined control through third party but I wouldn't go into that now, and wait for GitHub to provide this feature in future.

[sdarp]

Me too.

[azizulabedinazmi]

Hi @ai-mg,

Currently, GitHub does not offer an option to hide your followers/following list while still displaying the count. The only available privacy setting is to block users if you don’t want certain people to follow you.

However, this would be a great feature for those who prefer more privacy, similar to how LinkedIn handles it. You can submit this as a feature request on [GitHub’s Feedback Portal](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions) under Product Feedback so others can upvote it! 🚀

Would love to see this implemented in future updates!

[github-actions[bot]]

🕒 Discussion Activity Reminder 🕒

This Discussion has been labeled as dormant by an automated system for having no activity in the last 60 days. Please consider one the following actions:

1️⃣ Close as Out of Date: If the topic is no longer relevant, close the Discussion as out of date at the bottom of the page.

2️⃣ Provide More Information: Share additional details or context — or let the community know if you've found a solution on your own.

3️⃣ Mark a Reply as Answer: If your question has been answered by a reply, mark the most helpful reply as the solution.

Note: This dormant notification will only apply to Discussions with the Question label. To learn more, see our recent announcement.

Thank you for helping bring this Discussion to a resolution! 💬