# How to enable New Closed Topic Icon?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-new-closed-topic-icon/151274
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 13, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-new-closed-topic-icon/151274 "2020-05-13T01:57:50Z")
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### Author:  [@k4rtik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/k4rtik)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-new-closed-topic-icon/151274/1 "2020-05-13T01:57:50Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Discourse 2.5.0.beta3 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-5-0-beta3-release-notes/148766):
> [@Discourse 2.5.0.beta3 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-5-0-beta3-release-notes/148766/1):
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> ### New Closed Topic Icon
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> We’ve heard concern that the same icon, 🔒, is used for both closed topics and for secure categories. This has caused confusion for some sites as their users assumed categories with the icon could not be posted in, just like a closed topic.
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> To help mitigate this confusion, we’ve updated the icons for closed topics. We now use the `comment-slash` icon for closed topics instead of the `lock` .
This has been released for a while and I am on a beta4, but I do not see a way to enable the new icon on my instance. Do I need to issue some manual icon refresh command from the app container?
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-new-closed-topic-icon/151274/2 "2020-05-13T02:12:33Z")
~~We should edit that~~ (removed), the replacement icons (we tried a few) weren’t as clear based on various feedback so we went back to the lock.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-new-closed-topic-icon/151274/3 "2024-07-21T11:36:14Z")