# Category-level auto-delete topics the same as auto-close feature

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-level-auto-delete-topics-the-same-as-auto-close-feature/138361>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** topic-timers\
**Created:** [January 12, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-level-auto-delete-topics-the-same-as-auto-close-feature/138361 "2020-01-12T05:23:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gunnar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gunnar/32/119647_2.png) [@Gunnar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gunnar)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 12:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-level-auto-delete-topics-the-same-as-auto-close-feature/138361/11 "2024-02-26T00:16:47Z")

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I’d like to add our voice to this request. We’d like to have a setting for each Category where the admins can (optionally) set a default auto-delete topic timer for all posts to that category.

In our case we have a Classified Ads category and I’d like to keep it tidy by having all ads (topics) older than N days be deleted automatically.

Thanks

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