# Permanent setting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-setting/959461>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 14, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-setting/959461 "2022-02-14T14:40:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-setting/959461/1 "2022-02-14T14:40:38Z")

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Is there any way to set my account permanently to Normal instead of having to manually change it from tracking or whatever? I don’t want to ever track how many people post in any given thread, I am only interested in replies [I can manually check interesting threads myself]

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**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-setting/959461/2 "2022-02-14T16:06:13Z")

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Go to your Profile \> Preferences \> Notifications

You can change “Automatically track topics I enter” to Never.

You can also change “When I post in a topic, set that topic to” to Normal, if you want to.