# Automatically watching a topic that I did not create or choose to watch

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-watching-a-topic-that-i-did-not-create-or-choose-to-watch/273750>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 3, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-watching-a-topic-that-i-did-not-create-or-choose-to-watch/273750 "2023-08-03T04:55:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-watching-a-topic-that-i-did-not-create-or-choose-to-watch/273750/6 "2023-09-11T09:52:13Z")

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Did you split the topic out from another one? I’ve found that this sets the new topic to Watching for me with the reason ‘you created it’.

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