# Auto-close topics immediately

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-topics-immediately/55495
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 10, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-topics-immediately/55495 "2017-01-10T15:05:36Z")
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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: [March 15, 2018, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-topics-immediately/55495/6 "2018-03-15T09:49:18Z")

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We tried an “auto-close in 1 hour” category as a type of “no moderation queue category” work-around for a while. IIRC it worked fairly well (HAWK may remember better) but a zero-hour would have eliminated the rare few that got replies. The category didn’t work for us (an unrelated reason) but instant-close could be good for those forums that need it. 👍

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