---
title: 'Run an unlisted, link-only chat space'
sidebarTitle: 'Unlisted, link-only chat'
description: >-
  Create a chat room that isn't listed anywhere on your portal, so only people
  you send the link to can find it.
audience: luminary
feature: chat-spaces
type: guide
availability: live
last_verified: '2026-10-13'
keywords:
  - unlisted chat
  - invite-only chat
  - private link chat
  - hidden chat room
  - secret group chat
url: >-
  https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/chat-spaces/unlisted-invite-only-chat
---

# Run an unlisted, link-only chat space

> Create a chat room that isn't listed anywhere on your portal, so only people you send the link to can find it.

## When to use this

- A small group (retreat alumni, a mastermind, a private client group) needs its own room.
- You're testing a new chat space before you launch it.
- You want to sell or offer a room only to people you invite.

## Steps

**Step 1: Create the chat space**

Go to [Offerings → Chat Spaces](https://portal.bringsoul.life/chat-space) and click Create Chat
Space. Add a Title and Description.

**Step 2: Choose Unlisted**

Under Visibility, choose Unlisted: *"Hidden from directory, accessible only via direct link."*

**Step 3: Choose free or paid**

Keep Free for an invite-only group. Choose Paid if the invitation is to buy in. See [Charge for
access to a chat space](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/chat-spaces/paid-chat-space).

**Step 4: Create it and prepare the room**

Click Create Chat Space. Post a welcome and Pin it.

**Step 5: Send the link**

Click Share and choose Copy Link, or share straight to WhatsApp, Telegram, Email or X. You can
also use Copy Link from the card menu in [Offerings → Chat
Spaces](https://portal.bringsoul.life/chat-space). Send it only to the people you want in the
room.

## Good to know

- Unlisted spaces don't appear in your portal's Chat Spaces row, even when the section is on. Don't add one to Highlights unless you want it found.
- Anyone who has the link can join. People can forward it. Check Members (N) from time to time and remove anyone who shouldn't be there.
- Someone you remove can't rejoin, even with the link.
- To launch a space you drafted as Unlisted, open the … menu, choose Edit and switch Visibility to Public or Private.

## What your members see

People who open your link see the room's title, description and a join button (Join for Free or Join for $X). If they aren't signed in, Soul asks them to sign up or log in first. Visitors browsing your portal never see the space.

## Related

- [Give a course cohort a place to talk](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/chat-spaces/course-cohort-chat)
- [Moderate a chat space](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/chat-spaces/moderate-a-chat-space)
- [Who can see what](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/portal/visibility)