This guide explains how to change the ownership of posts in Discourse. It covers methods for changing ownership of single posts, multiple posts within a topic, and all posts by a specific user.
Required user level: Administrator
By default moderators do not have the ability to change post ownership, to enable the feature to all moderators change the site setting
moderators_change_post_ownershipto true.
Discourse allows site administrators to change the ownership of posts. This feature can be useful in several scenarios:
- When a user leaves the community and you want to reassign their posts to an active user or a generic account
- To transfer valuable content to another user for maintenance
- To anonymize posts upon user request for privacy reasons
Changing ownership of a single post
To change the ownership of an individual post:
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Click the
...icon at the bottom of the post, then click the wrench icon to open the post actions menu.
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Select “Change Ownership” from the menu.
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Enter the username of the new owner in the dialog box that appears.
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Click “Change Ownership” to confirm the change.
Changing ownership of multiple posts in a topic
To change the ownership of multiple posts within a topic:
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Navigate to the topic containing the posts you want to edit.
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Click the wrench icon on the upper right side of the topic page.
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Select “Select Posts…” and choose the posts you want to change ownership for.
When selecting multiple posts in a topic, they must all be from the same user to allow ownership change. -
Click “Change Ownership” from the available options.
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Enter the username of the new owner in the dialog box that appears.
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Click “Change Ownership” to confirm the change.
Changing ownership of all posts by a specific user
If you need to change the ownership of all posts from a specific user, refer to the guide on changing ownership of all posts by a specific user.
Last edited by @sam 2024-10-09T21:12:39Z
Last checked by @hugh 2024-07-30T23:51:08Z
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