# Eliminare i messaggi dell'utente **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-by-user/318736 **Category:** Support **Created:** [27 Luglio 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-by-user/318736 "2024-07-27T05:40:59Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin) #### Post date: [27 Luglio 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-by-user/318736/3 "2024-07-27T07:53:15Z")
> [@A user is trying to delete the topic that he has created](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-is-trying-to-delete-the-topic-that-he-has-created/315917/2?u=moin): > > In general, users don’t have permission to delete the first post in a topic after someone has replied to it. Deleting the first post deletes the entire topic, so valuable replies could be lost too. That’s why they are told to ask a moderator. The moderator could split the replies to a new topic to keep them if needed. To be able to delete replies or topics without replies, the user must be able to edit their post. The post is not removed immediately; it is first replaced with a “this post was d… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-by-user/318736)._