# 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:** [September 12, 2018, 3:44pm 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:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-recover-a-topic-by-a-deleted-user/97048/7 "2018-09-12T21:14:02Z")

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Other than UX changes, I’m thinking it might be a good idea to have the admin-user deleteAllPosts check to see if the post number is the first and delete the topic instead when it is the OP

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