# Bulk select button appears on mobile even if you are not a mod

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-select-button-appears-on-mobile-even-if-you-are-not-a-mod/383361
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** mobile, topic-filter, fixed
**Created:** [September 20, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-select-button-appears-on-mobile-even-if-you-are-not-a-mod/383361 "2025-09-20T00:52:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-select-button-appears-on-mobile-even-if-you-are-not-a-mod/383361/1 "2025-09-20T00:52:25Z")

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Even if one is not a moderator, you can still see the bulk actions button in the topic filter page.

Mobile:

 ![Screenshot_20250920_084836_Chrome](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/7/e/b7e033b004bdfc028aa4a7700a6b61890c6ede66.jpeg)

Desktop:

 ![Screenshot_20250920_085047_Chrome](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/3/a/33adc65b3674c4a66068ee9e90cb18c4b8d6a056.jpeg)

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### Author: ![bryce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bryce/32/377822_2.png) [@bryce](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bryce)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-select-button-appears-on-mobile-even-if-you-are-not-a-mod/383361/3 "2025-09-22T12:28:37Z")

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Thanks Nate! Confirming that this in not working as intended, so I’ve moved it #Contribute > UX → #Contribute > Bug

I have a fix underway.

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### Author: ![bryce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bryce/32/377822_2.png) [@bryce](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bryce)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-select-button-appears-on-mobile-even-if-you-are-not-a-mod/383361/4 "2025-09-23T01:49:03Z")

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Should now be fixed! Testing on meta as an anon user, I no longer see the button:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/6/0/4601068cff4f8ad89c298db9ebb8d9fcaf102ff9.png)

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/34887](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/34887)

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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2025, 6:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-select-button-appears-on-mobile-even-if-you-are-not-a-mod/383361/5 "2025-09-23T06:45:32Z")

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All good now, thanks!

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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-select-button-appears-on-mobile-even-if-you-are-not-a-mod/383361/6 "2025-10-06T15:00:00Z")

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