# Changing excerpt length

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-excerpt-length/154643
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 12, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-excerpt-length/154643 "2020-06-12T09:01:18Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 9:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-excerpt-length/154643/2 "2020-06-12T09:08:31Z")

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There is a site setting in discourse `topic_excerpt_maxlength `. IIRC this will only apply to new topics - if you want to apply the change to existing topics you will need to ‘rebake’ them.

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