# Auto Lock Topics After 1 Minute?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-lock-topics-after-1-minute/97343
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [17 בספטמבר, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-lock-topics-after-1-minute/97343 "2018-09-17T11:55:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Profamii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Profamii)
#### Post date: [17 בספטמבר, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-lock-topics-after-1-minute/97343/1 "2018-09-17T11:55:13Z")
Hello,
So I’ve seen this on a Discourse Forum and I’m wondering how it’s done. In a particular category, topics are closed after a minute, how can you do this as the “Auto lock field” accepts hours only and not minutes?
Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [17 בספטמבר, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-lock-topics-after-1-minute/97343/2 "2018-09-17T11:56:08Z")
Oh wait I misread your question. Maybe they set it to zero hours. Not sure.
Why would you _want_ this?
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### Author:  [@Profamii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Profamii)
#### Post date: [17 בספטמבר, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-lock-topics-after-1-minute/97343/3 "2018-09-17T11:59:35Z")
Setting it to zero doesn’t work.
I found this post about how to close the topic immediately and a team member stated it should work but I’m not quite sure how
> [@Auto-close topics immediately](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-topics-immediately/55495/6):
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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. +1
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### Author:  [@Profamii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Profamii)
#### Post date: [18 בספטמבר, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-lock-topics-after-1-minute/97343/4 "2018-09-18T13:17:07Z")
Bump, any ideas?
@codinghorror using this for a category where users will answer questions, and since I can’t deny permission to create and see but no replying, this is my only option.
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [18 בספטמבר, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-lock-topics-after-1-minute/97343/5 "2018-09-18T13:21:04Z")
It is a workaround, but you can put a number less than 1 in the “auto close topics” box. I just tried 0.001 and it closed the topic after a few seconds. Putting zero does not work.
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### Author:  [@Profamii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Profamii)
#### Post date: [18 בספטמבר, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-lock-topics-after-1-minute/97343/6 "2018-09-18T13:23:21Z")
Thank you! That did the trick. Much appreciated.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [18 באוקטובר, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-lock-topics-after-1-minute/97343/7 "2018-10-18T13:34:15Z")
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