# Help with locking down forum

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-locking-down-forum/382916
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 17, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-locking-down-forum/382916 "2025-09-17T07:00:57Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-locking-down-forum/382916/4 "2025-09-17T23:48:04Z")

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You can log out all users and put the site in read only mode.

But you can also just do a

```
  ./launcher stop app

```

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