# Instantly auto-lock topics in a category (or create+see but NOT reply perms)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/instantly-auto-lock-topics-in-a-category-or-create-see-but-not-reply-perms/75385>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [4 ديسمبر 2017، 11:39م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instantly-auto-lock-topics-in-a-category-or-create-see-but-not-reply-perms/75385 "2017-12-04T23:39:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lilly\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@Lilly\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly_S)\
**Post date:** [5 ديسمبر 2017، 2:30ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instantly-auto-lock-topics-in-a-category-or-create-see-but-not-reply-perms/75385/3 "2017-12-05T02:30:15Z")

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Hmm interesting, thanks for the response - could I get steps for this? Our forum admin can’t seem to figure out how to make it so they can only create topics and not reply to them.

Thanks,  
Lilly

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