# Avoid new topics in a specific category

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/avoid-new-topics-in-a-specific-category/216956
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 3, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avoid-new-topics-in-a-specific-category/216956 "2022-02-03T11:30:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Shirly\_Nowak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/shirly_nowak/32/571731_2.png) [@Shirly\_Nowak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shirly_Nowak)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avoid-new-topics-in-a-specific-category/216956/1 "2022-02-03T11:30:18Z")

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Is there a way to lock some categories (and subcategories) so that only admins can post new topics, while users can just read or respond to them?

Sorry if this is already noted somewhere, I did my searching but couldn’t find it (and I get the feeling that it is probably super simple… 🤦‍♀️)

Thanks in advance 🙂

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### Author: ![IAmGav](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iamgav/32/235598_2.png) [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avoid-new-topics-in-a-specific-category/216956/2 "2022-02-03T11:34:39Z")

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Yes, it is possible. You need to edit the category and change the security

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/a/4a5054653f1c77343cd0893297b3fa501874eac3.png)

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### Author: ![Shirly\_Nowak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/shirly_nowak/32/571731_2.png) [@Shirly\_Nowak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shirly_Nowak)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avoid-new-topics-in-a-specific-category/216956/3 "2022-02-03T11:39:51Z")

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> [@IAmGav](#):
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> Yes, it is possible. You need to edit the category and change the security

Just as I thought, super simple 😅 Thanks!! And sorry, I’m still quite new with all this.

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### Author: ![IAmGav](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iamgav/32/235598_2.png) [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avoid-new-topics-in-a-specific-category/216956/4 "2022-02-03T11:42:14Z")

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The only dumb question is the one not asked.

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### Author: ![osioke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/osioke/32/238946_2.png) [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avoid-new-topics-in-a-specific-category/216956/5 "2022-02-03T12:57:33Z")

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