Use Is This a Private Event? when you want to reduce public sharing and search discovery for an event. Private mode does not make the event invite-only and does not stop someone from registering if they have the event link and registrations are open.
What private mode changes
HeySummit adds
noindex,nofollowto event pages, which tells search engines not to index or follow those pages.Built-in social sharing controls are hidden from public event, talk, stage, speaker, sponsor, and attendee account areas.
Speaker and sponsor dashboard promotion panels are hidden unless there are coupon-specific promotion tools to show.
What private mode does not do
It does not restrict registration to specific people. Use ticket restrictions, email restrictions, hidden tickets, or attendee imports if you need tighter access control.
It does not remove every way an attendee could share your event link manually outside HeySummit.
It does not guarantee immediate removal from search results if a search engine has already indexed the event. Search engines control how quickly they refresh or remove existing results.
It does not automatically remove every checkout or confirmation-page offer. For example, viral incentive content can still appear in checkout contexts when those incentives are configured to show there.
Turn private mode on
Go to Event Settings > General > Event Basics.
Turn on Is This a Private Event?.
Save your changes.
If the setting is disabled or marked as needing a plan upgrade, your current plan may not include private events. If you also want to change attendee emails, go to Email & SMS > Emails, open the relevant attendee email template, and edit the content there. Private mode controls the event site sharing surfaces; email template content is managed separately.