# Shut-down the forum / Turn-off posting

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/shut-down-the-forum-turn-off-posting/89542>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 10, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shut-down-the-forum-turn-off-posting/89542 "2018-06-10T10:31:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shut-down-the-forum-turn-off-posting/89542/2 "2018-06-10T10:47:28Z")

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Well, the easiest way is to setup your forum in read-only mode. This means that the site remains online and users can only read topics but can not interact (reply, open new topics, put Like etc).

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