# Post can't be edited
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-cant-be-edited/53179
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 21, 2016, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-cant-be-edited/53179 "2016-11-21T08:16:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@ossia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ossia)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2016, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-cant-be-edited/53179/1 "2016-11-21T08:16:40Z")
For some reason, this user cannot update their posts on this thread, even though neither their account nor the post locked:
[https://forum.freecodecamp.com/t/this-site-does-not-suck/10647](https://forum.freecodecamp.com/t/this-site-does-not-suck/10647)
> **[P1xt](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/users/p1xt)**
>
> This community will help you learn to code and get a developer job.
Any ideas what could be causing this?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2016, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-cant-be-edited/53179/2 "2016-11-21T08:51:12Z")
Is it very old? There is a limit on how long posts can be edited, to prevent weirdness around editing in spam to very old posts by a compromised account – you can adjust this time interval in site settings.
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### Author:  [@ossia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ossia)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-cant-be-edited/53179/3 "2016-11-21T22:04:13Z")
Awesome! I found the setting. As always, thank you for your fast help!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-cant-be-edited/53179/4 "2019-03-31T17:44:33Z")
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-cant-be-edited/53179/5 "2019-04-02T08:56:06Z")