# 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:** ![maiki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maiki/32/233950_2.png) [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topic-showing-as-linked-topic/232538/6 "2022-07-11T23:38:49Z")

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Please clarify for me: are you keeping the the unlisted topic around?

> [@Jonathan5](#):
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> unlist topic A (which remains in a “will automatically be deleted in 7 days” state)

> [@Jonathan5](#):
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> I changed it from a relative URL to an absolute URL, so it looks the same but doesn’t create the back link.

I don’t understand why you would keep any URL around, if that moved topic is going to be deleted. Also, why not just delete it? 🙂

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