---
title: Make your profile private
description: Remove your attorney profile from search engines and limit its details to signed-in users.
slug: make-profile-private
nav_title: Profile Visibility
nav_group: Privacy
category: Directory
product: directory
audience: attorneys
status: published
last_reviewed: "2026-10-27"
owner: Referlex support
order: 4
---

# Make your profile private

## Change your visibility

1. [Claim your attorney profile](/docs/claim-attorney-profile) if you have not already.
2. Sign in and open [account settings](/dashboard?tab=settings).
3. Under **Profile visibility**, choose **Private**.

The setting saves automatically and takes effect on Referlex immediately. Judicial profiles cannot be made private.

## What changes

- Signed-out visitors see your name and a private-profile notice.
- Only signed-in users can see your case data, practice areas, courts, credentials, reviews, and contact details.
- Your name still appears in Referlex search and on firm, law school, county, and court pages.

## Search engines

A private profile asks search engines not to index it and is removed from our sitemap. Removal from search results is not immediate; it usually takes days but can take a few weeks.

If you need removal sooner, [contact support](/support) with your profile link. We can request removal from Google.

## Make your profile public again

Choose **Public** under **Profile visibility** in [account settings](/dashboard?tab=settings). Making a profile private does not delete its public-record data or reviews. Signed-in users can still view and review it.