# Renaming post will still be accessible?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-post-will-still-be-accessible/391327
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 15, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-post-will-still-be-accessible/391327 "2025-12-15T08:17:27Z")
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### Author:  [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-post-will-still-be-accessible/391327/1 "2025-12-15T08:17:27Z")
If I create a post and in the future I decide to rename it, (and I believe I can even update the url or it does it automatically, I can’t remember?), the post is still accessible if someone copied the old url to their computer, right? Because each new post has a unique ID and that is what matters?
> I had to uninstall Discourse a few months ago, but I will install it again sometime next year (wanna plan as much as possible before starting to spend money again for no reason), so at the moment I can’t test what I’m asking here.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2025, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-post-will-still-be-accessible/391327/2 "2025-12-15T08:22:07Z")
Do you mean post or topic? While there are links with the post\_id, it’s unlikely users will copy that, since it’s quite hidden. Usually, users copy the link to a topic and the number the post has within the topic. The topic title in that link doesn’t matter. For example, [https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-title/391327/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-title/391327/2) works fine. But it would no longer work if my post was moved to a different topic.
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### Author:  [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-post-will-still-be-accessible/391327/3 "2025-12-15T08:29:23Z")
Sorry, sometimes I say “post” when it’s “topic”, because a reply inside a topic is already called a “message” I believe, so calling that a post would be weird to me. And I guess we got so used to the term “post” with social media, that to me everything is a “post”.
So yes, a topic. The big “bucket” of all messages, like this very same topic we are now using to discuss this.
So, the number (ID) in the URL is what matters here. Which is good to know. Unless, as you said, your post (your message) was moved to another topic. I mean, the person would still see the second message, because of the `/2` but it wouldn’t be your message.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-post-will-still-be-accessible/391327/4 "2025-12-15T08:31:48Z")
If you say “message,” I’d assume you mean either personal messages or messages in a chat 🙂
> [@Understanding Discourse for new users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-discourse-for-new-users/96331/1):
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> Here are some key terms you should be familiar with while using Discourse:
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> - **Topic** : A series of messages grouped together in a meaningful conversation with a title, listed in a category, beginning with an Original Post, and including all replies in chronological order. This is similar to what other platforms might call a “thread.”
> - **Post** : An individual message within a topic. Each post can be authored by different users, moved to another topic, or become the start of a new topic.
> - **Original Post (OP)**: The first post in any topic. It determines the focus of the topic and is associated with the title and tags.
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### Author:  [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-post-will-still-be-accessible/391327/5 "2025-12-15T08:36:12Z")
It makes sense. I believe I saw someone once saying “message” or there’s some setting that uses that word, not related to personal messages. I can’t confirm that, but I have this baked into my brain for some reason…
No worries. And thanks for sharing the link. It can be useful even for my own community to let people know about that as well. Appreciate it!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-post-will-still-be-accessible/391327/6 "2026-01-14T08:37:11Z")
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