# Resetting a forum

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/resetting-a-forum/39053
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 4, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resetting-a-forum/39053 "2016-02-04T17:38:57Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resetting-a-forum/39053/2 "2016-02-04T17:47:43Z")

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Seems you are looking for this:

> [@Re-purposing a Discourse installation for a yearly event](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-purposing-a-discourse-installation-for-a-yearly-event/34670):
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> I’m using Discourse for a yearly event (a preparatory course at a university), both for internal use for the organizers and for discussion among participants. This year’s event has finished, and once usage has dropped below significance, I’d be okay with shutting the installation down. Next year, however, I want to have another installation ready, and the old topics available as an archive to the organizers. This leaves multiple options, and I’m not sure what is best: Archive HTML, New Instal…

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