# Disable New Topic **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-new-topic/168548 **Category:** Support **Created:** [October 28, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-new-topic/168548 "2020-10-28T16:13:42Z") **Posts on this page:** 5 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![CamilleBeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8dc957/32.png) [@CamilleBeau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleBeau) #### Post date: [October 28, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-new-topic/168548/1 "2020-10-28T16:13:42Z")
We would like to remove the functionality of creating a new topic for our users all together. Is there a way to do this? ---
### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej) #### Post date: [October 28, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-new-topic/168548/2 "2020-10-28T16:26:37Z")
Hi there, This doesn’t make much sense to me because users wont be able to earn badges or gain higher trust levels. Anyways… * * * If you set these site settings to **0** It will stop users creating topics `max topics per day` , `max topics in first day` also, change this to **TL 4** `min trust to create topic` to be sure that users can’t create topics. ---
### Author: ![justin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin/32/157614_2.png) [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin) #### Post date: [October 28, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-new-topic/168548/3 "2020-10-28T17:18:30Z")
You can also restrict your category settings to only allow seeing and replying for the `everyone` group, which effectively blocks creation of topics. This needs to be done on each category, too. [How to use category security settings to create private categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-category-security-settings-to-create-private-categories/87678) ---
### Author: ![Andy\_Clifton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/andy_clifton/32/244459_2.png) [@Andy\_Clifton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy_Clifton) #### Post date: [March 30, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-new-topic/168548/4 "2023-03-30T14:05:42Z")
We’re actually doing this as a way to temporarily prevent new topics while we do some work on the site. A simple button in the Admin to stop new topics would have been great, but we’ll use this work around. ---
### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger) #### Post date: [July 3, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-new-topic/168548/5 "2023-07-03T11:57:48Z")