# Hiding closed topics
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [8월 5, 2014, 7:51오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511 "2014-08-05T19:51:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@danekhollas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danekhollas)
#### Post date: [8월 5, 2014, 7:51오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511/1 "2014-08-05T19:51:36Z")
Hi,
is it possible to hide all closed topics?
Daniel
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [8월 5, 2014, 9:06오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511/2 "2014-08-05T21:06:38Z")
Add ?status=open to your url
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### Author:  [@grahamperrin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grahamperrin)
#### Post date: [4월 26, 2017, 4:44오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511/3 "2017-04-26T04:44:12Z")
With apologies for continuing a relatively old topic (the context is linked from the opening post above):
> [@cpradio](#):
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> Add `?status=open` to your url
Please, what exactly does it do?
I _imagine_ that including it within the URL will:
- have no special effect when performed by someone at, for example, level 1
- be effective when performed by, for example, an administrator
- effectively **open** (not hide) a topic that is closed.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [4월 26, 2017, 4:47오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511/4 "2017-04-26T04:47:54Z")
> [@grahamperrin](#):
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> effectively open (not hide) a topic that is closed.
It does not do that. Adding `?status=something` to the URL simply changes the topics displayed to you. Removing it (or navigating around the site) will reset the view to default. In the case of `?status=open` it will remove any closed topic from the current view, allowing you to see only open topics. Other useful statuses are `?status=closed`, `?status=unlisted`, and `?status=deleted`, keeping in mind the latter two only work for site staff.
Try adding `?status=open` to the URL of Meta. Notice that the pinned welcome topic no longer appears. If the pinned topic is already not at the top, try going to #Contribute > Bug, switching to the latest view, and adding it there. You should notice that all closed topics disappear.
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### Author:  [@grahamperrin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grahamperrin)
#### Post date: [4월 26, 2017, 5:31오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511/5 "2017-04-26T05:31:26Z")
Excellent, thank you.
It seems to me that:
- where `/` defaults to _Categories_, `/?status=unlisted` is **not** effective
- where `/` defaults to _Categories_, `/latest?status=unlisted` **is** effective
– and so on. I guess, that’s by design, where emphases are on categories, but if you suspect a bug please let me know; I’ll raise a topic in the appropriate category.
Thanks again.
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [4월 26, 2017, 11:07오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511/6 "2017-04-26T11:07:04Z")
Those parameters only work on Latest (to my knowledge).
I do not think they were considered in the Categories and Latests view on the categories page.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [12월 4, 2025, 11:31오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511/8 "2025-12-04T11:31:09Z")