# Unlisted topic showing as linked topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topic-showing-as-linked-topic/232538>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** unlisting\
**Created:** [July 11, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topic-showing-as-linked-topic/232538 "2022-07-11T17:45:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topic-showing-as-linked-topic/232538/10 "2022-07-12T07:48:01Z")

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> [@Jonathan5](#):
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> Is there any way of never having them created at all? The closest to that seems to be automatic deletion after one day.

I think that’s the only way to do it automatically (setting it to 0 disables the deletion). Though you can manually delete it at any point, including changing the timer length. It can be useful to have a record of the merge though, as it can be disconcerting for a user to think they have a topic, but it’s actually now somewhere else. They should get a notification, but I suppose it would depend on how savvy your users are in general?

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