# How should category archiving work?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-category-archiving-work/32895
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [September 4, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-category-archiving-work/32895 "2015-09-04T00:03:40Z")
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#### Post date: [September 4, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-category-archiving-work/32895/2 "2015-09-04T03:25:51Z")

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There is another option that can work quite well, make the category a staff only category.

This effectively “removes” all the posts in one very quick go. Its clean, has simple undo and very minimal side effects that are “staff only”.

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