# Silence user via API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/silence-user-via-api/205502>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [October 7, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/silence-user-via-api/205502 "2021-10-07T21:26:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/silence-user-via-api/205502/3 "2021-10-08T00:12:17Z")

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Why not just remove them from the group that allows them to post? That’s what category permissions are for. (Or maybe there’s a reason to silence them…)

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