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Ditte
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Jul 21, 2017 11:12 AM UTC
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Allow user to edit the title of their topic

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Hi all,

I'd like all users to be able to edit the title of their topics. This is currently not possible, so a moderator will have to edit it on behalf of the user.

Best,
Ditte

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mstruening
Helper ⭐️
Apr 9, 2021 1:32 PM UTC

Joining the part super late….this just came up a short while ago.

Can we have any status on this being introduced?

Thanks!!

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Yasas_AK
Helper ⭐️
Aug 25, 2021 9:19 AM UTC

Hi,
Any update on this?
I see it is closed (parked), has this been considered for future?
Best Regards,
Yasas

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Onomatopoeia
Helper ⭐️⭐️
Aug 27, 2021 9:20 AM UTC

Was a bit shocked to see that users can’t do this on the frontend. +1 to the idea, I want my members to feel proud of their posts, they should be able to make corrections to all elements of it after publishing. Titles are so, so important for engagement.

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janina.woita
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Gainsight Employee ⭐️
Nov 23, 2021 3:11 PM UTC
Updated idea statusClosed (Parked)→Open
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janina.woita
Gainsight Employee ⭐️
Gainsight Employee ⭐️
Nov 23, 2021 3:15 PM UTC
The following idea has been merged into this idea:

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janina.woita
Gainsight Employee ⭐️
Gainsight Employee ⭐️
Nov 23, 2021 3:29 PM UTC

Since this is a recurring request, I have reopened this idea again 🙂

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sarahmasterton-brown
Helper ⭐️
Nov 16, 2022 1:58 PM UTC

Yes please. Having this would makes the lives of the community moderators easier. I’m all for that! 🙂

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Cristina
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Nov 18, 2022 10:18 AM UTC
The following idea has been merged into this idea:

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Daniele Cmty
Helper ⭐️⭐️
Nov 18, 2022 10:25 AM UTC

Hi there, I am also interested in this feature.

I would like to throw the following question into the round:
Do you feel like there should be some kind of limitation?

e.g. 

  • Limit the amount of times it can be edited, and / or limit the timeframe within which it can be edited (e.g. within 1h from submitting)
  • Permissions: admins can choose which user roles can edit posts, and separately which users can edit titles too.
  • End users can suggest title edits but mods need to approve 
    • Edits wouldn’t happen too often, so I don’t see much added workload for mods

Just in case some users do misuse this, especially in larger communities.

 

curious to hear what others think

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LClev
Contributor ⭐️⭐️
Mar 25, 2026 10:15 PM UTC

Hi! Jumping into this legacy idea to share support. 

I would like users to have the ability to update their title on the front end of the Community. 

To respond and add my two cents to previous questions:

  • Limit the amount of times: No, I don’t think there needs to be an amount limit.
  • Timeframe limit: Sure, ideally this would be a permission set similar to the ability to edit posts where you can grant it to certain user roles and choose the time length title editing is available
  • Permissions: Yes, it should be permission-ed. However, for simplicity sake - if you can edit a post, you should be able to edit the title. I don’t see a use case where you’d want to allow one, but not the other. 
  • End users suggest title edits with mod approvals: No, in my opinion, this is overcomplicating it and adding too much additional work/overhead on the moderators. 
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