# Can't disable "Watching first post"

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-disable-watching-first-post/47961
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [2016年七月29日 11:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-disable-watching-first-post/47961 "2016-07-29T11:32:14Z")
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### Author: ![claas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/claas/32/71725_2.png) [@claas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/claas)
#### Post date: [2016年七月30日 17:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-disable-watching-first-post/47961/3 "2016-07-30T17:26:14Z")

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> [@SidV](#):
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> So… how I disable now? 😢

**Workaround** : Change the notification settings directly in your user preferences.

I noticed the same and opened a topic, not knowing that it had already been reported:

> [@Category notification settings don't adjust reliably](http://meta.discourse.org/t/category-notification-settings-dont-adjust-reliably/48009):
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> I noticed this in an internal instance and I just reproduced it here on meta: Go to a category, such as #extras (where you did not customise your notification setting yet, so it defaults to [image]Normal). Change the setting to anything else, e.g. [image] Muted. Reload the page using your browser (e.g. F5). If the setting is as expected, try changing to another setting (including [image]Normal). If the setting is not as expected, that’s the bug. Sometimes the settings are applied, but more of…

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