# Prevent users creating new topics in a category but allowing them to comment?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-users-creating-new-topics-in-a-category-but-allowing-them-to-comment/208489
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 7, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-users-creating-new-topics-in-a-category-but-allowing-them-to-comment/208489 "2021-11-07T15:32:12Z")
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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-users-creating-new-topics-in-a-category-but-allowing-them-to-comment/208489/2 "2021-11-07T16:06:39Z")

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Using [Understanding groups and category permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-private-categories-using-category-security-settings/87678) you can achieve this. You can change the category security settings to match your needs.

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