# Easy way to find a list of threads I'm watching/tracking?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [May 10, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794 "2021-05-10T23:52:30Z")
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794/1 "2021-05-10T23:52:30Z")
Topic subject pretty much says it all.
Is there a link/page/point where I can find all of the threads I’m watching and/or tracking? Ideally, I’d like to turn a few of them off, since they’re old or I’m not really following them anymore.
. . . that, and I think @discobot is still effing with me.
I know I could wait a few weeks’ time and go to the “Dismiss” button on the ‘Unread’ link. But I can’t seem to stay away that long.
Tripler
I still hate yer silicon guts, @Discobot.
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### Author:  [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794/2 "2021-05-10T23:52:31Z")
Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`.
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### Author:  [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794/3 "2021-05-11T00:05:41Z")
[https://boards.straightdope.com/latest?state=tracking](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest?state=tracking)
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794/4 "2021-05-11T00:06:52Z")
Sweet–thank you!
Trip
Now, to figure out how to turn some of them “off.”
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794/5 "2021-11-18T15:28:40Z")
Bumping an old-ish thread. I don’t think it’s a zombie, 'cause the corpse is just over 6 months old and still technically warm. 💀
Is there a straightforward, simple way to “mass un-track” threads? Is there some settings page or dialog that lists all of my watched/tracked threads, allowing me to individually select threads to unwatch/untrack (something maybe with checkboxes)?
There seems to be a lot of them I’m signed up for, that are either cornfielded/zombified/no longer interesting. I’d be interested in cleaning up the mess. If it doesn’t exist, could I recommend the option?
Tripler
I’m all about checkboxes and messes.
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### Author:  [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794/6 "2021-11-18T15:47:56Z")
On the main page click on ‘Unread’. That will give you a list of all watching and tracking threads that have posts waiting to be read.
You can then click ‘Dismiss…’ and it will ask you if you want to stop watching / tracking all of them. (If you don’t, it will clear all the unread messages, but still keep watching / tracking.)
_Or_ – just above the list of threads, you can click on ‘Topic’ . It will then show checkboxes next to each one and you can choose which ones you want to dismiss.
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794/7 "2021-11-18T16:00:09Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#):
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> On the main page click on ‘Unread’. That will give you a list of all watching and tracking threads that have posts waiting to be read.
This is a start, but what about the threads that are _not_ unread? Isn’t there an easier way than using @crowmanyclouds’s link above to individually go through **each** thread to unwatch/untrack? For example, there are threads I don’t have any interest in, that are tracked, solely from the misfortune of glancing at them too long, or having them on my screen while I stepped away for coffee or a phone call.
We won the Cold War, and put a man on the Moon. There’s gotta be a way to do _this_.
Tripler
Less coffee is _not_ an option either. ☕
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### Author:  [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794/8 "2021-11-18T16:19:46Z")
I don’t know of any way. But at least you can get a lot of them the way that I mentioned.
> [@Tripler](#):
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> there are threads I don’t have any interest in, that are tracked, solely from the misfortune of glancing at them too long
You can set the length of time, or switch that off, in your profile under Preferences → Notifications.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794/9 "2021-12-02T05:24:31Z")
> [@Tripler](#):
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> having them on my screen while I stepped away for coffee or a phone call.
The system is, thankfully, far more precise than that – you have to be actively _scrolling_ for it to be considered live reading time.
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794/10 "2021-12-04T15:26:43Z")
I stand corrected!
Trip