# Hiding closed topics

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [5 Agosto 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511 "2014-08-05T19:51:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![grahamperrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/grahamperrin/32/71406_2.png) [@grahamperrin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grahamperrin)\
**Post date:** [26 Aprile 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511/3 "2017-04-26T04:44:12Z")

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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&nbsp;1
- be effective when performed by, for example, an administrator
- effectively **open** (not hide) a topic that is closed.

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