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[JammyDodger]

@nuir

Now, is there a way to delete an entire private thread/topic?

A staff member (admin/moderator) has the delete topic function in the topic admin wrench, though the topic wouldn’t actually be permanently deleted, just hidden from public view. If you’re not an admin/moderator, you could flag the topic and request this kind of deletion?

There is a ‘permanently delete’ option in a site setting, but this has to be enabled from the command line (or by request to the hosting provider, depending on the set up), so isn’t necessarily available to every forum:

Enable setting to allow admins to permanently delete data

As of 2.8.0.beta7: Security Release, Fast Edits, Topic Bookmarks, and more there is a hidden site setting to allow admins to permanently delete data. To enable it, you’d set the SiteSetting at the Rails console like this: cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter app rails c SiteSetting.can_permanently_delete=true exit exit This change takes effect immediately. No further action is necessary. Another way to accomplish this would be to add it to app.yml in the env: section. To do that you would add i…

You can also delete records from the rails console, but this would also need server access.

So, I suppose the answer is: ‘yes, but it depends on your level of access’