# Voting plugin: hiding closed topics
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-plugin-hiding-closed-topics/214847
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 14, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-plugin-hiding-closed-topics/214847 "2022-01-14T11:37:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@wlandgraf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wlandgraf)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-plugin-hiding-closed-topics/214847/1 "2022-01-14T11:37:11Z")
When using the Voting plugin, you will most likely want users to vote for topics that should be handled somehow. For example, voting for feature requests, or thinks like that.
In that regards, it should be very useful that users can easily see what are the topics that are “finished” (not entitled to be voted anymore, and what are not.
I’m using the concept of closing a topic to flag the topics that don’t need to be voted for anymore.
But right now all topics (closed and open) are listed for users. How users can easily see only the topics that should be voted for (i.e., the open ones)?
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### Author:  [@AEW745](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AEW745)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-plugin-hiding-closed-topics/214847/2 "2022-01-14T11:46:12Z")
If you are an Admin on your Forum you should be able to unlist the topic by clicking the Admin Wrench on the right of the topic.
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### Author:  [@wlandgraf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wlandgraf)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-plugin-hiding-closed-topics/214847/3 "2022-01-14T11:55:47Z")
Thank you @AEW745, but that will require me to do that manually for all topics.
And what if by any reason users want to see the closed topics as well?
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-plugin-hiding-closed-topics/214847/4 "2022-01-14T12:46:24Z")
> [@wlandgraf](#):
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> I’m using the concept of closing a topic
When you close a topic it prevents the user from being able to vote.
> [@wlandgraf](#):
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> But right now all topics (closed and open) are listed for users. How users can easily see only the topics that should be voted for (i.e., the open ones)?
What if you were to move these to a category just for closed voting topics? Using category permissions users can see topics but cannot vote. That would leave the topics users can vote public in another category?
> [@Understanding groups and category permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-private-categories-using-category-security-settings/87678):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to manage category visibility and user permissions using groups in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Groups and category permissions are crucial for managing access and content creation within your Discourse community. This guide will help you understand how to use these features effectively. Summary Category permissions control visibility and user actions Permissions are managed through group access lists Different perm…
You wouldn’t have to move each topics separately thanks to bulk admin actions.
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### Author:  [@wlandgraf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wlandgraf)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-plugin-hiding-closed-topics/214847/5 "2022-01-14T12:57:23Z")
Thank you for all the suggestions. Yes, there are many options, actually.
But I was wondering if there was an easy way to do so. Just “list all topics” or “list open topics”. It seems it doesn’t.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-plugin-hiding-closed-topics/214847/6 "2022-01-14T13:06:51Z")
If you append `?status=open` to the end of your category link (eg. [https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6?status=open](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6?status=open)) that will pull up only the open ones.
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### Author:  [@AEW745](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AEW745)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-plugin-hiding-closed-topics/214847/7 "2022-02-19T15:15:21Z")
You can use the select topics feature to select multiple topics at once and Close them or unlist them from there.
Please note the following:
- Closed Topics can be seen by anyone that has permissions to see the category.
- Unlisted Topics are completely hidden from the public community. However, Admins and Moderators can still see hidden topics but everyone else won’t be able to.
- Flagged Topics will be hidden from the community if anyone flags a post too many times.