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+Title: 'Private Access Modifiers'
+Description: 'Specifies that class members are only accessible from within the class itself.'
+Subjects:
+  - 'Computer Science'
+Tags:
+  - 'Classes'
+  - 'Access Modifiers'
+CatalogContent:
+  - 'learn-c-plus-plus'
+  - 'paths/computer-science'
+---
+
+In C++, the **`private`** keyword keeps class members hidden. This means that only the methods within the same class can access these members. Objects of the class and functions outside the class **cannot** access them directly.
+
+## Syntax
+
+```pseudo
+class ClassName {
+private:
+  // Private members
+};
+```
+
+## Example
+
+In the example below, attempting to directly access the `private` data member `secretVar` from outside the class would result in a compilation error:
+
+```cpp
+#include <iostream>
+
+class Secret {
+private:
+  // Private member variable
+  int secretVar;
+
+public:
+  // Public member function to set the private variable
+  void setSecret(int value) {
+    secretVar = value;
+  }
+
+  // Public member function to reveal the private variable
+  int revealSecret() {
+    return secretVar;
+  }
+};
+
+int main() {
+  Secret mySecret;
+
+  // Throws an error
+  // mySecret.secretVar = 10;
+  // Error: secretVar is private
+
+  // Use public function to set the value
+  mySecret.setSecret(10);
+  // Use public function to get the value
+  std::cout << mySecret.revealSecret();
+
+  return 0;
+}
+```
+
+The above code will give the following output:
+
+```shell
+10
+```
+
+## Codebyte Example
+
+Run the following codebyte example to understand how the private access modifiers work:
+
+```codebyte/cpp
+#include <iostream>
+
+class BankAccount {
+private:
+  double balance; // Private member variable
+
+public:
+  BankAccount(double initialBalance) {
+    balance = initialBalance;
+  }
+
+  void deposit(double amount) {
+    balance += amount;
+    std::cout << "Deposited: $" << amount << std::endl;
+  }
+
+  void withdraw(double amount) {
+    if (amount <= balance) {
+      balance -= amount;
+      std::cout << "Withdrawn: $" << amount << std::endl;
+    } else {
+        std::cout << "Insufficient balance!" << std::endl;
+      }
+    }
+
+    void displayBalance() {
+        std::cout << "Current balance: $" << balance << std::endl;
+    }
+};
+
+int main() {
+  BankAccount myAccount(1000); // Creating an object with an initial balance of $1000
+
+  myAccount.deposit(500);
+  myAccount.withdraw(200);
+  myAccount.displayBalance();
+
+  // The following line would cause a compilation error because balance is private:
+  // myAccount.balance = 5000;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+```