# Allow regular user to archive (or close) their own topic?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-regular-user-to-archive-or-close-their-own-topic/16498>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [13. Juni 2014 um 03:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-regular-user-to-archive-or-close-their-own-topic/16498 "2014-06-13T03:23:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [13. Juni 2014 um 04:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-regular-user-to-archive-or-close-their-own-topic/16498/5 "2014-06-13T04:23:24Z")

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Closing a Topic won’t allow any new posts but will allow post editing  
Archiving closes the Topic to both new posts and post editing.

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