I can’t find such a setting. I don’t want non-admins to be able to edit the titles of topics they didn’t create.

By default, normal users can’t edit the titles of topics created by other people. If they can, you will have edited settings to allow it. I’d check edit_all_topic_groups — “Allow users in this group to edit other users’ topic titles, tags, and categories” edit_all_post_groups — “Allow users in th…

I was under the impression that TL3 and above do have the ability to edit topic titles? Or can the setting be turned off for this? Thanks

Apologies, you’re correct. TL3 and above can edit titles. You can change the TL settings if that is the issue. @rlauriston what TL is the user that made the edit?

How to stop users from editing topic titles?

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rlauriston (Robert Lauriston) September 23, 2026, 4:06am 4

edit_all_topic_groups is set to admins, but a non-admin just changed the name of a topic he did not create.

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How to stop users from editing topic titles?

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