# Edited posts show for not registered users
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-posts-show-for-not-registered-users/27424
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 10, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-posts-show-for-not-registered-users/27424 "2015-04-10T16:52:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Qasem\_h](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Qasem_h)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-posts-show-for-not-registered-users/27424/1 "2015-04-10T16:52:00Z")
Edited posts show for not registered users i thnk this is a bug
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-posts-show-for-not-registered-users/27424/2 "2015-04-10T19:31:41Z")
Nope, that is how it is supposed to work, all users can see revision history by selecting the edit pencil. The redder the pencil, the more recent the edit.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-posts-show-for-not-registered-users/27424/3 "2015-04-10T19:36:19Z")
Also, there’s the `edit history visible to public` site setting if you want to change that behavior.
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### Author:  [@Qasem\_h](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Qasem_h)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-posts-show-for-not-registered-users/27424/4 "2015-04-10T19:51:41Z")
It would be better if only show to registered users
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-posts-show-for-not-registered-users/27424/5 "2015-04-10T20:38:44Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> redder the pencil, the more recent the edit.
I so didn’t realize that! I was wondering why sometimes it was black versus red 😄
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### Author:  [@twbartlett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twbartlett)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-posts-show-for-not-registered-users/27424/6 "2015-06-26T14:07:48Z")
> [@zogstrip](#):
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> edit history visible to public
@zogstrip this setting doesn’t appear to do anything unless I’m missing something?
EDIT: My mistake, the pencil icon remains for all users, but you cannot click to see the edits.
It’s kinda nice for people to see something has been edited, but I feel maybe the poster / editor should be able to choose whether the edit is visible or not? (As an admin on a community, I prep content as unlisted and then make it listed. So I might not want people seeing that I edited it before I posted it)
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### Author:  [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-posts-show-for-not-registered-users/27424/7 "2015-06-26T15:43:00Z")
> [@twbartlett](#):
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> As an admin on a community, I prep content as unlisted and then make it listed. So I might not want people seeing that I edited it before I posted it
I don’t think you can hide the fact that the post has been edited, but you can hide the pre-edit text.
If you open the edit history and use the bin icon, the edit details are hidden from all but moderators. (Useful if some ejit has posted their login details, for example.)
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-posts-show-for-not-registered-users/27424/8 "2025-12-04T11:35:51Z")