# Gelöschte Antworten und Themen - werden sie aus der DB bereinigt oder bleiben sie für immer in der DB?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-replies-and-topics-are-they-purged-from-db-or-do-they-stay-forever-in-db/280406
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [28. September 2023 um 09:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-replies-and-topics-are-they-purged-from-db-or-do-they-stay-forever-in-db/280406 "2023-09-28T09:54:47Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [28. September 2023 um 10:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-replies-and-topics-are-they-purged-from-db-or-do-they-stay-forever-in-db/280406/2 "2023-09-28T10:04:01Z")

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Discourse führt standardmäßig Soft Deletes durch, aber auch die dauerhafte Entfernung aus der Datenbank ist möglich.

> [@Introducing permanently delete post functionality](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-permanently-delete-post-functionality/207109):
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> When a post is deleted in Discourse, we perform a soft-delete. This means that post is still present in the database in case an administrator wants to recover it later. A soft-delete is not sufficient when the deleted post contains sensitive information and must be pruned from the database completely. For those situations, we are introducing the ability to permanently delete a post. This feature was implemented under a hidden site setting because of how dangerous it can be, once a pos…

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