# Best practices for archiving topics

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-archiving-topics/27069>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2015年四月1日 18:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-archiving-topics/27069 "2015-04-01T18:17:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Post date:** [2015年四月1日 18:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-archiving-topics/27069/1 "2015-04-01T18:17:22Z")

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What are best practices for archiving topics? I’ve not used this feature before, and don’t fully understand what happens when you archive something and when we should use it. Appreciate any explanation/links 🙂

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