# Hiding or muting specific topics (from a category)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-or-muting-specific-topics-from-a-category/100304
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 23, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-or-muting-specific-topics-from-a-category/100304 "2018-10-23T20:06:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![gpakosz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gpakosz/32/123128_2.png) [@gpakosz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gpakosz)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-or-muting-specific-topics-from-a-category/100304/1 "2018-10-23T20:06:12Z")

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Hello,

Is it possible with Discourse to hide a whole topic from being displayed (in a category listing)?

For instance let’s say I join a discourse instance where people discuss merits of various pets. And someday someone creates a “Punk Ducks” topic. And I know I’ll never be interested in ducks, not to mention punk ducks. Never ever. Period. Is there a way to selectively say “this topic and all the replies, thank you but I don’t want to hear about it any more”?

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### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-or-muting-specific-topics-from-a-category/100304/2 "2018-10-23T20:52:31Z")

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> [@gpakosz](#):
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> someday someone creates a “Punk Ducks” topic. And I know I’ll never be interested in ducks, not to mention punk ducks. Never ever. Period. Is there a way to selectively say “this topic and all the replies, thank you but I don’t want to hear about it any more”?

You can mute a topic by clicking on the Topic Notifications Options button that appears at the bottom of a topic. When a topic is muted you will not receive notifications about the topic, and it will be hidden from the /latest listings for you.

 ![51%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/1/41e54ce08fe0843def60f2efe41015012e53a820.png)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-or-muting-specific-topics-from-a-category/100304/3 "2018-10-23T21:28:23Z")

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The notification control also appears at the right hand side under the timeline, you _do not_ need to scroll to bottom to utilize it.

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### Author: ![gpakosz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gpakosz/32/123128_2.png) [@gpakosz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gpakosz)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-or-muting-specific-topics-from-a-category/100304/4 "2018-10-24T05:45:58Z")

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Thanks for the prompt reply 🙇‍♂️

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/1/01a965fed1ade4f2196984b9d4db3e217385d9d7.png)

At first I overlooked the button called “Normal”.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-or-muting-specific-topics-from-a-category/100304/5 "2018-11-23T05:46:03Z")

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