# How do forum moderators lock a topic?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-forum-moderators-lock-a-topic/23422
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 25, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-forum-moderators-lock-a-topic/23422 "2014-12-25T11:15:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![FHTzoob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fhtzoob/32/37485_2.png) [@FHTzoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FHTzoob)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-forum-moderators-lock-a-topic/23422/1 "2014-12-25T11:15:32Z")

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If a forum moderator on a Discourse forum could tell me how topics are locked, providing pictures, that would be great.

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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: [December 25, 2014, 11:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-forum-moderators-lock-a-topic/23422/2 "2014-12-25T11:29:32Z")

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Use the admin wrench at top right or at the bottom of a topic.

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### Author: ![FHTzoob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fhtzoob/32/37485_2.png) [@FHTzoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FHTzoob)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2014, 11:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-forum-moderators-lock-a-topic/23422/3 "2014-12-25T11:30:39Z")

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Could you show me a picture?

(I’m not a forum mod on any forum)

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### Author: ![TechnoBear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/technobear/32/40546_2.png) [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-forum-moderators-lock-a-topic/23422/4 "2014-12-25T12:29:06Z")

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The wrench icon:  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/a/5a617329f488b7eb3d0098a614b89334a7f2c09a.png)  
opens the Admin menu:  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/b/ab3dd40600c629de2f9699e1c0be15199426e302.png)

You can choose “close” or “archive” from there.

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### Author: ![FHTzoob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fhtzoob/32/37485_2.png) [@FHTzoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FHTzoob)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-forum-moderators-lock-a-topic/23422/5 "2014-12-25T17:09:19Z")

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Thanks! =)

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-forum-moderators-lock-a-topic/23422/6 "2014-12-25T17:27:04Z")

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