# Anonymous form that creates a topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-form-that-creates-a-topic/115718
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [April 23, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-form-that-creates-a-topic/115718 "2019-04-23T13:55:02Z")
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### Author: ![dsims](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dsims/32/485916_2.png) [@dsims](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dsims)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-form-that-creates-a-topic/115718/4 "2019-04-23T17:54:38Z")

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Another option might be to create a new user and topic via the API, then delete that user. According to this it’s possible to delete a user and retain the post, but I can’t find any details about how that works or where it happens in the code.

> [@Allow removing account info without content deletion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-removing-account-info-without-content-deletion/25913/17):
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> Feature is complete and works well, thanks @neil This topic is now closed. New replies are no longer allowed.

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