# Say goodbye to unwanted sign-ups with Restricted mode

Whether you're in stealth-mode, running a private beta, or want to only ever manually onboard your customers, we know managing user access can be extremely important.

So allow us to introduce our newest sign-up mode: **Restricted**

## What’s new?

In contrast to the _Public_ sign-up mode that allows for anyone to sign-up to your application, _Restricted_ mode means you have full control over your sign-ups.

Use our [Backend APIs](https://clerk.com/bapi) or the [Clerk Dashboard](https://dashboard.clerk.com/) to manage who gets access. Only users who have received invitations will have the ability sign-up. As mentioned, this can be helpful for use-cases where you want to tightly control who has access to your application whether by inviting folks individually or only supporting previously onboarded B2B customers via [Enterprise SSO](https://clerk.com/docs/authentication/saml/overview.md).

## Ready to dive in?

Head to your [Clerk Dashboard](https://dashboard.clerk.com/last-active?path=user-authentication/restrictions), or check out [how to enable Restricted sign up mode](https://clerk.com/docs/authentication/configuration/restrictions.md#restricted) to get started.