# 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:** [Dezembro 4, 2017, 11:39pm 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:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [Dezembro 5, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instantly-auto-lock-topics-in-a-category-or-create-see-but-not-reply-perms/75385/4 "2017-12-05T03:09:41Z")

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Set auto close topic hours to a very small number. I just set it to 0.01. I didn’t test it, but it seems like it should work.

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