# New forum settings without menu

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-forum-settings-without-menu/350825>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [February 6, 2025, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-forum-settings-without-menu/350825 "2025-02-06T07:58:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-forum-settings-without-menu/350825/19 "2025-02-10T06:30:50Z")

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> [@hugh](#):
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> And we’re thinking about an admin-wide search feature, allowing you to search for specific settings from anywhere in the admin.

I don’t want to search, I want to find. The difference is that with finding you don’t have to know what you’re looking for.

Regardless , can we please get the old groupings back until all the above remedies (apparently still in a “thinking about” phase) have been implemented? We’re now in a void. The old way wasn’t perfect but it was better than nothing (which is what we have now).

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