# Can I disable the "topic similar to" pop-up entirely?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [12월 12, 2016, 3:55오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105 "2016-12-12T03:55:06Z")
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### Author:  [@bholst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bholst)
#### Post date: [12월 12, 2016, 3:55오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/1 "2016-12-12T03:55:06Z")
I recently set up Discourse and although the other users are enjoying it, I’m getting a lot of complaints about the “Your topic is similar to…” popup. I understand that you can just hit “x” to close, but can it be disabled entirely for now? Perhaps it will work better as there are more topics, etc, but for now it is completely irrelevant and a point of frustration for the other users. I’d like to disable it for now and try later when folks have settled in. Thanks in advance for your help!
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [12월 12, 2016, 10:38오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/2 "2016-12-12T10:38:06Z")
You could try setting `minimum topics similar` to a (very) high number.
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### Author:  [@bholst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bholst)
#### Post date: [12월 12, 2016, 4:19오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/3 "2016-12-12T16:19:14Z")
I believe that setting is for the topics listed at the bottom of a thread. I am talking about the popup that comes up as you’re typing in the editor. 😉
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [12월 12, 2016, 4:20오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/4 "2016-12-12T16:20:13Z")
Did you try it and it didn’t work? (Did you reload the site after changing the setting?)
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### Author:  [@bholst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bholst)
#### Post date: [12월 12, 2016, 4:36오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/5 "2016-12-12T16:36:01Z")
Just did. No luck. Thank you though!
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [12월 12, 2016, 4:43오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/6 "2016-12-12T16:43:23Z")
Very strange. I just did, too, and it works for me…
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### Author:  [@bholst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bholst)
#### Post date: [12월 12, 2016, 4:44오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/7 "2016-12-12T16:44:05Z")
how high of a number did you use? just curious, lol
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [12월 12, 2016, 4:44오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/8 "2016-12-12T16:44:33Z")
A lot. Maybe it was `50000`?
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [12월 12, 2016, 4:48오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/9 "2016-12-12T16:48:09Z")
This works for me
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### Author:  [@bholst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bholst)
#### Post date: [12월 12, 2016, 4:59오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/10 "2016-12-12T16:59:55Z")
That worked after all! Thanks guys!!
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [12월 12, 2016, 10:59오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/11 "2016-12-12T22:59:03Z")
Be careful with absurdly large numbers as they can cause integer overflows.
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [12월 12, 2016, 11:01오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/12 "2016-12-12T23:01:18Z")
No issues so far (it’s been ~a year) but I appreciate the heads up. 🙂
What would you recommend in this instance?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [12월 12, 2016, 11:03오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/13 "2016-12-12T23:03:33Z")
Something like 99,999,999 should suffice, really.. more 9s isn’t adding more awesome 😉
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### Author:  [@Andy02](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy02)
#### Post date: [3월 8, 2019, 7:49오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/14 "2019-03-08T19:49:16Z")
any ideas why i can’t see ‘min body similar length’ settings
edit: i don’t think it’s my excess of tabs causing that specific issues. others, for sure.
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [3월 8, 2019, 8:42오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/15 "2019-03-08T20:42:40Z")
> [@Andy02](#):
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> any ideas why i can’t see ‘min body similar length’ settings
The `min body similar length` Site Setting doesn’t exist any more. There is a `max similar results` setting that can be used to accomplish the same thing. To prevent the ‘topic similar to’ popup from showing, set `max similar results` to 0.
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### Author:  [@Andy02](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy02)
#### Post date: [3월 9, 2019, 5:27오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/16 "2019-03-09T17:27:33Z")
Thank you @simon
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [4월 8, 2019, 5:27오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105/17 "2019-04-08T17:27:41Z")
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