# 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:** ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-hide-topic-ids-from-discourse-topic-urls/157179/4 "2020-07-08T19:38:06Z")

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> [@Faizan\_Zahid](#):
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> But i am thinking how will discourse treat two topics with exact same topic title/url and if i hit it without a topic ID, which topic will be served then?

Plus, I believe that if someone edit a topic title, all existing links containing only the old title won’t work anymore.

> [@Faizan\_Zahid](#):
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> Also, is there any plugin to do this, and you suggested for a different softwares, what are some of the best discourse alternatives out there which are as good as discourse?

The two most known Discourse-like Software are [Flarum](https://discuss.flarum.org/), which is in beta, and [NodeBB](https://community.nodebb.org/). Both use IDs in topics URLs.

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