# Private Topics - are they supported?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-are-they-supported/47043
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [9 ביולי, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-are-they-supported/47043 "2016-07-09T20:04:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [14 ביולי, 2016, 10:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-are-they-supported/47043/21 "2016-07-14T10:01:30Z")
No, he correctly said there are _category_ permissions. You cannot set permissions per topic.
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### Author:  [@Hammad\_Abbasi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hammad_Abbasi)
#### Post date: [14 ביולי, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-are-they-supported/47043/22 "2016-07-14T10:39:06Z")
got it, Many thanks for the help.
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### Author:  [@Hammad\_Abbasi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hammad_Abbasi)
#### Post date: [14 ביולי, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-are-they-supported/47043/23 "2016-07-14T10:41:47Z")
> [@Hammad\_Abbasi](#):
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> Is this something that can be done via Plugin? We don’t want to change the core framework and still want to get latest updates.
I would appreciate if you can shed some light on this too ? Thanks in advance @codinghorror
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [14 ביולי, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-are-they-supported/47043/24 "2016-07-14T15:37:04Z")
As I understand your “requirements”, there is no need for a plugin,
In the sense that a message is in effect treated as a topic (without a category) control over which members can access it already exists.
Earlier you said messages were “hard to search”
Sorry, but I disagree, I do not believe that it would be more difficult for anyone to find any given message than it would be to find any given forum topic.
I guess a large part of the problem is you have said “my requirements” but I do not understand what those are.
Please provide _exact and detailed_ specifications explaining what the requirements are.
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### Author:  [@littleviolette](https://meta.discourse.org/u/littleviolette)
#### Post date: [1 ביוני, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-are-they-supported/47043/25 "2018-06-01T17:59:34Z")
I wanted to restrict to a specific group the creation of threads in a particular category; everyone else can only view or reply in this category. However, no matter how I edit the permissions under the category security, the permissions remain with the “everyone” permission only with no other permissions attached. Am I misunderstanding the use of the permission feature? Would much appreciate the help. Thank you!
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [1 ביוני, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-are-they-supported/47043/26 "2018-06-01T18:20:39Z")
> [@littleviolette](#):
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> no matter how I edit the permissions under the category security, the permissions remain with the “everyone” permission only with no other permissions attached.
Can you read through this topic and see if it answers your question? [Understanding groups and category permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-category-security-settings-to-control-access-to-content/87678)
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### Author:  [@littleviolette](https://meta.discourse.org/u/littleviolette)
#### Post date: [1 ביוני, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-are-they-supported/47043/27 "2018-06-01T18:42:45Z")
Thank you for the link – that was helpful!
I realized in order to save the additional permissions, I would need to click the “Add Permission” button again – and that would solve my problem. Sorry for the question!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [5 בדצמבר, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-are-they-supported/47043/29 "2020-12-05T09:20:22Z")
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