# How to programmatically log out lots of users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-programmatically-log-out-lots-of-users/37611>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [Janeiro 7, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-programmatically-log-out-lots-of-users/37611 "2016-01-07T21:16:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [Janeiro 9, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-programmatically-log-out-lots-of-users/37611/10 "2016-01-09T02:55:32Z")

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Sorry if I’m missing the obvious, but wouldn’t putting the forum into “read only mode” be effectively the same as logging everyone off?

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