# 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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**Author:** ![JoshDevInit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@JoshDevInit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JoshDevInit)\
**Post date:** [29 בינואר,‏ 2019,‏ 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archiving-vs-closing-bulk-topic-update/107818/3 "2019-01-29T12:12:16Z")

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Thanks for the swift reply!

So am I right in saying that a post will not be bumped when it is archived, but will remain in the Category itself forever (or until it’s deleted)?

And with regard to bulk updating topics, if we use the ‘auto close topic hours’ on a category, will that be actioned against all existing topics that haven’t been updated within that window or will that only work for subsequent posts/topics?

Thanks,  
Josh

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