# How to close a topic? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [October 15, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/how-to-close-a-topic/189 "2020-10-15T15:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![serph](https://tosdr.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@serph](https://tosdr.community/u/serph)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/how-to-close-a-topic/189/1 "2020-10-15T15:58:01Z")
Can normal users mark a topic as closed? I think this would be beneficial especially for Beginner’s Questions so that people can see what has been answered and what has not. I have read up a little on Discourse, and found this regarding the lock icon, but not how to do it: > **[Understanding closed, unlisted, and archived topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-closed-unlisted-and-archived-topics/51238)** > > 🔖 This guide explains the differences between Closed, Unlisted, and Archived topics in Discourse, including their characteristics and use cases. 🙋 Required user level: All users Discourse offers various ways to manage topics, including closing,... Also, since only a lock icon is added for identifying closed and archived topics, should the user prepend `[Closed]` to the topic title before it can be closed? Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![justin](https://tosdr.community/user_avatar/tosdr.community/justin/32/1657_2.png) [@justin](https://tosdr.community/u/justin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/how-to-close-a-topic/189/2 "2020-10-15T20:47:29Z")
I have proposed a plugin for this, takes some time to install it though ---
**Author:** ![justin](https://tosdr.community/user_avatar/tosdr.community/justin/32/1657_2.png) [@justin](https://tosdr.community/u/justin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/how-to-close-a-topic/189/3 "2020-11-25T05:12:43Z")