# I restricted users from creating posts, but they can still click to create posts
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/385159
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 9, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/385159 "2025-10-09T17:05:00Z")
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### Author:  [@LanFeng11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LanFeng11)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/385159/1 "2025-10-09T17:05:01Z")
How should I configure it to prevent users from posting new topics?
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/385159/2 "2025-10-09T17:14:32Z")
You need to edit the category permissions and remove the “Create” permission.
If you’re still having trouble, post the permissions you’ve configured.
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### Author:  [@LanFeng11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LanFeng11)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/385159/3 "2025-10-09T17:37:15Z")
Thank you for your answer. I have set it to only allow employees to post. When I change the “Everyone” permission to “View Only”, the “New Topic” button does not disappear, and they can even edit. They should not have the option to post new topics.
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/385159/4 "2025-10-09T17:58:22Z")
Have you have saved the category settings? (I have to ask)
Have you tested with a regular user that is not a member of staff?
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### Author:  [@LanFeng11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LanFeng11)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/385159/5 "2025-10-09T19:04:16Z")
I saved the category settings and refreshed the browser. I am using a non-staff account, and I can edit. The category cannot be selected, it shows as read-only, and I cannot create new topics. I remember that the “New Topic” button was previously unclickable, and topics could not be edited. This would be logical, right?
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/385159/6 "2025-10-09T19:20:43Z")
> [@LanFeng11](#):
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> I remember that the “New Topic” button was previously unclickable
This was changed a while ago
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> \### What is this change?
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> When visiting a restricted category or tag where the… current user does not have permission to create a topic, we should still allow the user to write a new topic under a different category or tag. This is especially important when using the new topic button from the sidebar.
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> \#### When the user does not have permission, the composer category defaults to:
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> 1) Subcategory (if SiteSetting.default\_subcategory\_on\_read\_only\_category is true and subcategory exists)
> 2) Default category chooser value of Category... prompting the user to select a category from the dropdown
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> This PR is a follow up to #33495 which was reverted previously due to a couple of issues which are now corrected:
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> \- we no longer set a default category based on \`default\_composer\_category\` (previously was step 2 above)
> \- category banner text when a user cannot create a topic is now showing up correctly
> \- added a title attribute with more info for the disabled category in the category dropdown in composer
> \- for staff only tags, when creating a topic from the tag page as a non staff member we now automatically remove the restricted tag from the tags field in composer (as the user cannot use this tag)
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> Internal ref: /t/-/152613
> [@LanFeng11](#):
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> topics could not be edited
What do you mean by “edit topics”?
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### Author:  [@LanFeng11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LanFeng11)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/385159/7 "2025-10-10T15:33:08Z")
Okay, thank you very much for your answer. 👍👍👍
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/385159/8 "2025-11-09T15:33:59Z")
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