# Safe to archive messages?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/safe-to-archive-messages/76010
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 14, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safe-to-archive-messages/76010 "2017-12-14T02:03:06Z")
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### Author: ![SidV](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sidv/32/119460_2.png) [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safe-to-archive-messages/76010/3 "2017-12-14T13:12:55Z")

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I love this answer to see what “_archive_” means 😉

> [@Best practices for archiving topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-archiving-topics/27069/4):
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> It’s a subtle distinction but Close only prevents new replies. and Archive freezes a topic in carbonite so nothing about it can ever change. Ever. Refer to this handy diagram: The idea is that archived topics would eventually be moved out or deleted. Archiving a topic means it has one foot in the grave.

Check it out

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