Lock a forum topic when you want to prevent users from
editing the topic or posting responses to it.
Before you begin
You must be the Forums administrator
or the forum owner to lock or unlock a topic in a stand-alone forum.
To lock or unlock a topic in a community forum, you must be a community
owner or the Forums administrator.
About this task
If you do not want to lock an entire forum, you can lock
forum content at topic level. For example, you might lock a forum
topic when you consider the topic discussion to be complete. When
you lock a forum topic, users can still view the topic but they cannot
post responses to it or update existing content.
As the forum owner,
you can still edit a locked topic and post replies to it even though
the topic remains locked for everyone else. For example, if a topic
contains inappropriate content, you can lock the topic and then delete
or edit replies without having to reopen the topic.
Procedure
To lock a forum topic, complete the following steps:
- Open the topic that you want to lock.
- Click Lock Topic.
Results
The topic is marked as locked in the user interface to advise
users that they can no longer contribute to the discussion.
What to do next
If you must unlock the topic at a later stage, you can do
so by opening the topic and clicking
Unlock Topic.