# Can we change the title of the topic without changing the slug?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-change-the-title-of-the-topic-without-changing-the-slug/47476>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [18 Luglio 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-change-the-title-of-the-topic-without-changing-the-slug/47476 "2016-07-18T20:40:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [18 Luglio 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-change-the-title-of-the-topic-without-changing-the-slug/47476/9 "2016-07-18T22:31:30Z")

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> [@Idan](#):
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> Is the slug appears in the database? If so, there should be no problem allowing the admin at least to change the title. If the slug isn’t in the database, it is a problem.

The slug is cached, but but the source of truth is always the topic title. Quite a few internals need to be changed to allow overriding, not on any roadmap.

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