# How to redirect a specific topic to a category?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-redirect-a-specific-topic-to-a-category/311949>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 13, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-redirect-a-specific-topic-to-a-category/311949 "2024-06-13T15:10:12Z")\
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Can you not do this with the permalinks?

I’ve had a quick test using the ‘external or relative url’ option (though there may be a better one), and it seemed to work okay?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/4/7/947a8aa152f4d796e392bbad8049d2acd71afe94.png)

Just make sure to test with a user who doesn’t have the ability to see deleted topics/posts.

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