# Discourse Assign **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign/58044 **Category:** Plugin **Tags:** official, assign, included-in-core **Created:** [February 27, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign/58044 "2017-02-27T21:08:19Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 233
### Author: ![stephtara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephtara/32/517827_2.png) [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara) #### Post date: [March 7, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign/58044/233 "2026-03-07T12:41:47Z")
so I looked, and I did specify statuses in the plugin settings. But I do not see anything about those statuses when looking at the topic. Where/how do I change the status for something that’s assigned to me? Is this a theme issue? I don’t really want to “unassign” at this stage. Update: I found it! But honestly, not intuitive. ![Screenshot 2026-03-07 at 13.42.56](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/e/a/eea6f26470485918bf8414505be1288dffa93e4f.png) The “unassign” button is not where I would think to look if I want to say the topic that’s assigned to me is now in progress… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign/58044)._