# Shut-down the forum / Turn-off posting

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/shut-down-the-forum-turn-off-posting/89542>\
**Category:** 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:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shut-down-the-forum-turn-off-posting/89542/8 "2020-04-12T13:48:06Z")

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Yes there is, via the rails console:

`Discourse.disable_readonly_mode(Discourse::USER_READONLY_MODE_KEY)`

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