# Archiving vs Closing & Bulk Topic Update

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/archiving-vs-closing-bulk-topic-update/107818>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [29 בינואר,‏ 2019,‏ 11:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archiving-vs-closing-bulk-topic-update/107818 "2019-01-29T11:52:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [29 בינואר,‏ 2019,‏ 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archiving-vs-closing-bulk-topic-update/107818/2 "2019-01-29T12:03:25Z")

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> [@JoshDevInit](#):
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> We were hoping that closed topics would still be visible within their category whereas archived topics would only be available to view if they are searched for. Is this possible?

No, that’s not possible.

> [@JoshDevInit](#):
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> Is there a way to bulk-update a number of topics, perhaps where there hasn’t been an update in X amount of time?

In any topics list, you can click the “list” icon left to the “Topics” header to enable the bulk selection of topics. After selecting some topics, click the 🔧 on the right and select either “Close” or “Archive” topics.

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