# Prevent showing the edits icon?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-showing-the-edits-icon/42983>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [22 Aprile 2016, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-showing-the-edits-icon/42983 "2016-04-22T11:36:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Post date:** [22 Aprile 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-showing-the-edits-icon/42983/2 "2016-04-22T17:51:46Z")

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Search for “edit history visible to public” in settings

`Allow everyone to see previous versions of an edited post. When disabled, only staff members can view.`

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You can prevent edits by adjusting this value:

Search for “post edit time limit” in settings.

`The author can edit or delete their post for (n) minutes after posting. Set to 0 for forever.`

The default is `86400` minutes which is 60 days.

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You can also “hide” edit’s after they have been created by:

- viewing the edit
- clicking the hide button.

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