# Lock a category?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-a-category/71011>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 29, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-a-category/71011 "2017-09-29T10:04:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![sianwhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@sianwhite](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sianwhite)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-a-category/71011/1 "2017-09-29T10:04:42Z")

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Is there a way to lock a category so only admins can post into it? I’d rather it didn’t look any different to the other categories, it would just be amazing if it could not appear in the dropdown selection for users to choose.

Not sure if this is possible, but thought I’d ask anyway!

Sian

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