# Is het mogelijk om instellingen voor automatisch sluiten per categorie te wijzigen?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-auto-close-settings-by-category/272416
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [21 juli 2023 om 15:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-auto-close-settings-by-category/272416 "2023-07-21T15:12:07Z")
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### Author: ![Fred\_Koehler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fred_koehler/32/293835_2.png) [@Fred\_Koehler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fred_Koehler)
#### Post date: [21 juli 2023 om 15:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-auto-close-settings-by-category/272416/1 "2023-07-21T15:12:07Z")

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We’re exploring using our self-hosted instance of Discourse to run contests, and we’d like to auto close topics in contest categories after a certain number of replies (say 5). I see where I can set the entire site to auto close topics after 5 posts, but I’m curious if there is a way to adjust this at the category level.

Hope you’re all having a great Friday!

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [21 juli 2023 om 15:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-auto-close-settings-by-category/272416/2 "2023-07-21T15:20:08Z")

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Absolutely! It is indeed possible to control this at a category level. If you navigate to your category settings and scroll down a bit you’ll see this:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/d/5/cd5103295562cd0333ef91fe81a1272a9e5c46fd.png)

FYI you can also add topic timers to topics and set auto close

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/3/6/23681ced6d2eabee7f5978802ae10fc115e3d869.png)

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [21 juli 2023 om 15:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-auto-close-settings-by-category/272416/3 "2023-07-21T15:38:55Z")

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I’m afraid it’s not possible to auto-close based on post count per category or topic, only on time.

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [21 juli 2023 om 19:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-auto-close-settings-by-category/272416/4 "2023-07-21T19:14:41Z")

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Ah yes… My bad I misread the topic.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [20 augustus 2023 om 19:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-auto-close-settings-by-category/272416/5 "2023-08-20T19:15:39Z")

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