# 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: ![memeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@memeta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/memeta)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-level-auto-delete-topics-the-same-as-auto-close-feature/138361/6 "2020-10-21T20:03:17Z")

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> [@Is there a way to auto-delete a post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-auto-delete-a-post/51617/8):
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> auto delete/hide for all topics […] similar to how you can set auto close topic on the category

Like @jessicat and @Pad_Pors, I’m interested in such a category-wide setting that automatically deletes topics within a category. I can see that stickies should be preserved with such a function. Maybe optional, topics with many bookmarks or likes could be kept, too, although I’m not interested in that. Do I overlook other topics that should not be deleted?

I figured with _auto close_ and [Automatically delete replies after N days](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-delete-replies-after-n-days/128759) most of the similar code should already be there and would just have to be adapted and put into a plugin. But the pull-request is overwhelming me.

Are there or have there already been further steps in this direction? Does the team or the community have any further interest in this?

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