# Hide closed topics in the topic list by default?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-closed-topics-in-the-topic-list-by-default/115944
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 25, 2019, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-closed-topics-in-the-topic-list-by-default/115944 "2019-04-25T10:42:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Mathijs\_V](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mathijs_v/32/135133_2.png) [@Mathijs\_V](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mathijs_V)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2019, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-closed-topics-in-the-topic-list-by-default/115944/1 "2019-04-25T10:42:50Z")

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By default open & closed topics are shown.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/1/b13a297761ce14d58a9659744a9a424daa5f980f.png)

The desired behaviour for me would be to hide closed topics by default. Does anyone know if there is a setting for this?

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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: [April 25, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-closed-topics-in-the-topic-list-by-default/115944/2 "2019-04-25T22:30:57Z")

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I don’t think that there is a setting. If you have lots of them, you could update them _en masse_ at the Rails console.

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### Author: ![jamierobinson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jamierobinson/32/248189_2.png) [@jamierobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamierobinson)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-closed-topics-in-the-topic-list-by-default/115944/3 "2022-10-30T23:17:53Z")

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How have you got that open and closed filter button to appear?

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### Author: ![MarcP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/marcp/32/160184_2.png) [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-closed-topics-in-the-topic-list-by-default/115944/4 "2022-10-31T06:01:07Z")

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I think there is a component: [Topic Status Filter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-status-filter/111307)