# Disabling autoclose topics?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-autoclose-topics/409075
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 2, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-autoclose-topics/409075 "2026-08-02T09:12:55Z")
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### Author: ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-autoclose-topics/409075/1 "2026-08-02T09:12:55Z")

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I just can’t find or recall how I did this earlier…

The category setting `Auto-close topic after:`: how do I disable it? Now it allows change time ranges only.

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### Author: ![Lebron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lebron/32/539410_2.png) [@Lebron](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lebron)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-autoclose-topics/409075/2 "2026-08-02T09:17:52Z")

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Category settings \> Moderation \> Set the below to blank or 0.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/7/e/f7e8bc2fabd88736971223f2f318c1d20ad10cd6.png)

Once done, you can save from there.

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### Author: ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2026, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-autoclose-topics/409075/3 "2026-08-02T09:35:00Z")

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That was it. Thanks.

Not too intuitive way, though — or I’m too limited 😜

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### Author: ![satonotdead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/satonotdead/32/447830_2.png) [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-autoclose-topics/409075/4 "2026-08-02T10:27:25Z")

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You are not alone. It was moved recently to the ‘Moderation’ category settings tab; I had my time trying to find it on the ‘Settings’ one.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-autoclose-topics/409075/5 "2026-09-01T10:28:03Z")

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