Private can refer to:
Privacy, the ability of a person to control the availability and path of information about himself or herself and exposure of himself or herself.
Privately held company
Private (rank), a military grade
Private (film), a 2004 Italian film
Private (missile)
Private (novel series), a young-adult book series launched in 2006
Private Media Group, a European pornography company
Private property
Genitalia, or "privates"
Private (band), a Denmark-based band led by Thomas Troelsen
Private school
Private university does not receive direct operational funding from national or subnational governments and thus rely on private sources of funding, such as tuition fees and alumni donations