# Can't recover a topic by a deleted user

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-recover-a-topic-by-a-deleted-user/97048>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [9월 12, 2018, 3:44오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-recover-a-topic-by-a-deleted-user/97048 "2018-09-12T15:44:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [9월 12, 2018, 7:30오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-recover-a-topic-by-a-deleted-user/97048/4 "2018-09-12T19:30:10Z")

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Yes, deleting a user will cause all posts and topics by the user to be deleted - topics must be associated with a user.

This is a strange state for a topic to be in, and at the moment there doesn’t appear to be a way to undelete the topic. Even changing post ownership then attempting to undelete doesn’t work.

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