# Make new watched/tracked topics also unread

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-new-watched-tracked-topics-also-unread/37015>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [21. Dezember 2015 um 16:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-new-watched-tracked-topics-also-unread/37015 "2015-12-21T16:35:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [21. Dezember 2015 um 18:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-new-watched-tracked-topics-also-unread/37015/2 "2015-12-21T18:52:33Z")

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This is already the way it works. What you are requesting exists today.

Perhaps you are tracking a category and meant to watch it instead?

(Note that all old topics in the target category will not have their state changed at the time of toggle; this will only affect newly created topics in that category.)

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