# Non admin has access to closed category

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-admin-has-access-to-closed-category/36851>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [December 17, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-admin-has-access-to-closed-category/36851 "2015-12-17T18:09:09Z")\
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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:** [December 17, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-admin-has-access-to-closed-category/36851/9 "2015-12-17T21:25:33Z")

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