# Unlist vs Archive

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlist-vs-archive/50994
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [2016年十月2日 20:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlist-vs-archive/50994 "2016-10-02T20:45:33Z")
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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [2016年十月2日 22:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlist-vs-archive/50994/3 "2016-10-02T22:41:16Z")

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> [@needhelp](#):
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> 1. does the UNLIST feature only unlist a post or topic from the forum but anyone with the URL can still access the posts or topic? so Unlisting a post or topic will not stop google from crawling that topic?

No, google will no longer see the topic either (or at least is told to stop crawling it).

Reference:

> [@Best practices for archiving topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-archiving-topics/27069/19):
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> Yes that is an even better idea. @techapj make it so unlisting a topic removes it from Google search results by adding the no index header.

As far as making it only available to an Admin, your best bet is to move it to a category only the Admin can see.

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