# Keep posts unread
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-posts-unread/34384
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 12, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-posts-unread/34384 "2015-10-12T02:54:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-posts-unread/34384/1 "2015-10-12T02:54:09Z")
Sometimes I read posts from my mobile but can’t reply immediately but I postponed them
since the reply is too long or simply I have no time.
Can I have a button to keep posts (not entire topic) unread? Right now I’m using bookmarks but it’s not really handy. Do I have other options?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-posts-unread/34384/2 "2015-10-12T03:05:54Z")
What I do in this case is bookmark the post, does that work for you?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-posts-unread/34384/3 "2015-10-12T04:43:34Z")
Can you explain what is not “handy” about tapping the bookmark button?
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### Author:  [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2015, 6:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-posts-unread/34384/4 "2015-10-12T06:49:25Z")
Maybe it’s just my case but I actually use boomarks also for other stuff like: mark great posts, things to do, howtos/FAQ to edit and this kind of things appear in the same boomarks list, that’s why is not handy for me..
EDIT: the only workaround I see is using bookmarks just for “unread” posts 🙂
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### Author:  [@omfg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omfg)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2015, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-posts-unread/34384/5 "2015-10-12T10:55:30Z")
If bookmarks could be named/tagged at creation, that would work (just click OK to leave the name empty, then you know which bookmarked posts need to be revisited). Bookmark tags would also be handy for normal use so I would prefer that (improve existing feature, get two new benefits/uses) to adding Unread Post.
As admin I used to flag posts to read them later (very handy!), but that isn’t a good idea 😃
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-posts-unread/34384/6 "2016-01-19T17:03:54Z")
Continued here:
> [@Ability to mark any post as unread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-mark-any-post-as-unread/37939):
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> Continuing the discussion from [How Coinbase Uses Discourse to Educate Customers and Improve SEO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-coinbase-uses-discourse-to-educate-customers-and-improve-seo/37863): The interviewee of the referenced blog article states the following dislike: If a post on a topic can be “unread”, why can’t I mark it unread again after reading it? and I’d like to talk a bit about that and the workflow that is not possible at the moment. Concept In email clients, you can mark any email as “unread”, even in a longer discussion or thread, and return to it later. Most clients a…
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-posts-unread/34384/7 "2016-01-19T17:03:58Z")