# A user is trying to delete the topic that he has created

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-is-trying-to-delete-the-topic-that-he-has-created/315917
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 11, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-is-trying-to-delete-the-topic-that-he-has-created/315917 "2024-07-11T12:34:52Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-is-trying-to-delete-the-topic-that-he-has-created/315917/9 "2024-07-26T20:09:42Z")

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> [@wal](#):
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> are there any concerns around setting these to “0” so that users can always edit their posts?

It is limited by default because spammers tend to edit their unsuspicious posts after some time to add links. [Users editing spam links into their posts after a delay](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-editing-spam-links-into-their-posts-after-a-delay/134303)

> [@wal](#):
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> seems that allowing the user to edit the OP (first post in the topic) in order to remove the contents would be preferable to actually deleting the topic.

You could use the category setting to allow exactly that without allowing everyone to edit all their posts for a long time.

 ![allow unlimited owner edits on first post](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/c/c/fcc04a55dd0e7552bee80dd90540ba89ac67081e.png)

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