# How to remove/hide topic IDs from discourse topic URLs?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-hide-topic-ids-from-discourse-topic-urls/157179>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-hide-topic-ids-from-discourse-topic-urls/157179 "2020-07-08T19:08:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-hide-topic-ids-from-discourse-topic-urls/157179/2 "2020-07-08T19:15:26Z")

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Neither of these are possible. To do either would require a significant redesign of Discourse. If URLs without topic IDs and/or re-use of IDs is a requirement, I’d suggest picking different software.

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