# Can posts be set to empty?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 7, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892 "2019-09-07T15:05:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thomas\_G](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thomas_g/32/200158_2.png) [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892/2 "2019-09-07T15:09:10Z")

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Your mean _a topic set to empty_. You can do the following, but I don’t see any need of creating a topic with 0 content:

**Example** : `<div align=center> <characters> </div>`

It will appear to public as empty, but inside the post you have that format ^

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