# Unable to Restrict Course Discovery on Open edX Tutor v19 (MFE Homepage Still Shows Courses)

**URL:** <https://discuss.openedx.org/t/unable-to-restrict-course-discovery-on-open-edx-tutor-v19-mfe-homepage-still-shows-courses/16279>\
**Category:** Tutor Help\
**Tags:** how-to, tutor\
**Created:** [June 10, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/unable-to-restrict-course-discovery-on-open-edx-tutor-v19-mfe-homepage-still-shows-courses/16279 "2025-06-10T19:24:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leonardo\_Bochnia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/leonardo_bochnia/32/8355_2.png) [@Leonardo\_Bochnia](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/Leonardo_Bochnia)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/unable-to-restrict-course-discovery-on-open-edx-tutor-v19-mfe-homepage-still-shows-courses/16279/1 "2025-06-10T19:24:35Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m working with **Tutor v19** and trying to **hide all courses from the homepage** of the **frontend-app-learner (MFE)**. I want to prevent anonymous users from seeing any courses before logging in.

### What I did so far:

1. In `config.yml`, I set the following:

```yaml
COURSE_ABOUT_VISIBILITY_PERMISSION: none
COURSE_CATALOG_VISIBILITY: none
COURSE_CATALOG_VISIBILITY_PERMISSION: none
ENABLE_HTTPS: false

```

1. I also created a custom plugin like this:

```python
from tutor import hooks

hooks.Filters.ENV_PATCHES.add_items([
    (
        "lms-env",
        """
COURSE_CATALOG_VISIBILITY_PERMISSION: "enrollment"
COURSE_ABOUT_VISIBILITY_PERMISSION: "enrollment"
        """
    )
])

```

1. I rebuilt the environment and restarted all services using:

```bash
tutor config save
tutor images build openedx
tutor local stop
tutor local start -d

```

### The issue:

Despite these changes, **the homepage still displays all courses** , even to users who are not logged in (as shown in the screenshot).

### What I’m looking for:

I would like to **completely hide courses on the homepage (Course Discovery page)** unless the user is enrolled or authenticated. Ideally, the course cards should not be visible to anonymous users.

**Any suggestions or working examples would be greatly appreciated.**

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Om\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/om_kumar/32/6783_2.png) [@Om\_Kumar](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/Om_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/unable-to-restrict-course-discovery-on-open-edx-tutor-v19-mfe-homepage-still-shows-courses/16279/2 "2025-06-13T04:58:04Z")

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I’m currently working on Tutor v18, and there is no `COURSE_CATALOG_VISIBILITY_PERMISSION = 'enrollment'` option. Instead, the available options are:

- `COURSE_CATALOG_VISIBILITY_PERMISSION = "see_in_catalog"`
- `COURSE_CATALOG_VISIBILITY_PERMISSION = "see_exists"`

Try these settings to achieve your requirements.

If you want to hide the courses from users entirely, you can try using the following configuration:

```auto
tutor_hooks.Filters.ENV_PATCHES.add_items([
    (
        "openedx-common-settings",
        """
FEATURES["ENABLE_COURSE_DISCOVERY"] = False
FEATURES["COURSES_ARE_BROWSABLE"] = False
        """
    )
])

```

If these settings don’t work, you might need to write custom logic to handle your specific requirements.