# Approving a reply/topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-a-reply-topic/140793
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 5, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-a-reply-topic/140793 "2020-02-05T23:09:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![lbenisano14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@lbenisano14](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lbenisano14)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-a-reply-topic/140793/1 "2020-02-05T23:09:06Z")

</div>

Hello all,

I am new to Discourse. I created a mailing list for my committee. I work for a nonprofit organization.  
If they want to answer a question on a topic I posted, how do I filter that out first before it gets seen by other members? As the moderator, I would like to be able to filter out a question or a response before it gets posted publicly on our forum.

Thank you!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-a-reply-topic/140793/2 "2020-02-05T23:55:10Z")

</div>

> [@lbenisano14](#):
>
> As the moderator, I would like to be able to filter out a question or a response before it gets posted publicly on our forum.

This can be enabled either for the entire site, or on a per-category basis.

On a site wide level, you can require approval for replies based on the user’s trust level. This is set with the `approve unless trust level` site setting. Replies to topics created by users with a trust level that is lower than the value set here will have to be approved.

On a per-category basis, you can require moderator approval of all replies created in a category by enabling the category’s “Require moderator approval of all new replies” setting:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/3/d3d0b860f5bf76b0b73e994c2095bcf3d1e63dd9.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-a-reply-topic/140793/3 "2024-01-02T00:13:27Z")

</div>



---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-a-reply-topic/140793/4 "2024-02-04T09:12:45Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.