# Allow marking as unread

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-marking-as-unread/257473>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 8, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-marking-as-unread/257473 "2023-03-08T10:06:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![jidanni](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jidanni/32/291938_2.png) [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-marking-as-unread/257473/8 "2023-03-10T00:44:36Z")

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I am saying “that allow a user to toggle a post’s read status.”

I am saying it seems to new users that once a post has been read in Discourse, its status is set in stone.

Because no user would have dreamed that “only hacker users would need a toggle status button, so that’s why one must opt-in deep in Preferences.”

Yes, it is hard to explain.

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