# 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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**Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-level-auto-delete-topics-the-same-as-auto-close-feature/138361/8 "2021-04-08T12:02:06Z")

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> [@PhilippBoeing](#):
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> it would be really great if we can automatically add a topic timer (auto delete replies after X days) to each new topic in the category. Right now we have to do it manually for each

I came here to see if this was possible/request the feature. It would be really useful. Our use-case is a student-support forum where we’d like questions to time out after a specific period of time to avoid cluttering the category with prosaic queries/noise. We’d like to be able to manually preserve some topics where they have lasting relevance, but this would not be the default

Relatedly, it would be cool to have an admin/moderator feature where topics that are about to be deleted can be reviewed before they go. If a moderator could subscribe to a weekly digest of to-be-deletd topics and replies that would be even better.

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