# Lock down a meeting

Make a sensitive meeting private, so only its host and the admins who attended can see it.

Lock a meeting to keep it to its privacy circle, for example a performance conversation or a board prep.

**Who can do this:** the privacy circle: the meeting's host, plus org admins and the org owner who attended it. The host is the organizer, or the cadence owner if the organizer isn't a Brev user.

To lock a meeting:

1. Open the meeting.
2. Open the three-dot actions menu at the top and choose **Lock down meeting**.
3. In 'Lock down meeting?', click **Lock down**.

> **Tip: Success check**
>
> The same menu entry now reads **Unlock meeting**.

## What locking changes {#what-changes}

- No one outside the circle can see the meeting: not attendees, viewers, or admins who weren't in it.
- Slack and email recaps go to the host only.
- Goal and view insights that referenced the meeting are marked stale until they're regenerated.
- An org admin who didn't attend may see the menu entry, but Brev refuses the lock.
- A host with the Observer role can't lock the meeting.

## Unlock a meeting {#unlock}

1. Open the three-dot actions menu at the top of the meeting and choose **Unlock meeting**.
2. In 'Unlock meeting?', click **Unlock**.

> **Tip: Success check**
>
> The menu entry reads **Lock down meeting** again. Everyone who normally has access sees the meeting.

Insights that went stale while it was locked stay stale until they're regenerated.

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