# Bulk changing topic ownership in Admin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-changing-topic-ownership-in-admin/73828
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 10, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-changing-topic-ownership-in-admin/73828 "2017-11-10T12:42:39Z")
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### Author: ![testingsoftware](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-changing-topic-ownership-in-admin/73828/1 "2017-11-10T12:42:39Z")

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Hi

I want want to merge two accounts: A with old posts to B, new account with new posts.

As I don’t think there is a “merge” option I will follow a suggestion I have read to move all the posts from A to B and delete A account.

Now, there are over 50 posts, is there a way to bulk move them all logged in as Admin without having to run a command?

thanks.

A.

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### Author: ![omarfilip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/omarfilip/32/208019_2.png) [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-changing-topic-ownership-in-admin/73828/2 "2017-11-10T16:44:36Z")

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No bulk option in the admin - you would have to go post by post.

This works best for multiple posts:

> [@Change ownership of all posts by a specific user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-ownership-of-all-posts-by-a-specific-user/48921):
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> bookmark This guide outlines the process to change the ownership of all posts by a specific user. This task requires console access. person_raising_hand Required user level: Server administrator with SSH access In Discourse, there may be situations where you need to change the ownership of all posts by a specific user. This guide provides the steps for achieving this on self-hosted Discourse instances. If you’re using Discourse hosting, please contact the support team at [team@discourse.o…](mailto:team@discourse.org)

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### Author: ![testingsoftware](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-changing-topic-ownership-in-admin/73828/3 "2017-11-10T17:17:14Z")

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Thanks, I saw that post while searching earlier on.  
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I am still thinking the “vBulletin way” and looking for options that are not in Discourse. I’ll eventually get into this…

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### Author: ![tophee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tophee/32/73406_2.png) [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-changing-topic-ownership-in-admin/73828/4 "2018-09-17T12:06:58Z")

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Any chance that this (changing topic ownership) will be added as a bulk action?

Just to be clear: currently, what you need to do to change the owner multiple topics is:

1. Open the topic
2. Click on the … for access to the 🔧 icon
3. Click on the 🔧
4. Click on “Change Ownership”
5. Enter the username of the new owner
6. Click “Change owenership”
7. Navigate back to the topic list
8. Goto 1

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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: [June 8, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-changing-topic-ownership-in-admin/73828/6 "2024-06-08T12:37:12Z")

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