# Deleting posts containing X word
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-containing-x-word/130523
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 8, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-containing-x-word/130523 "2019-10-08T21:53:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@justinGP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justinGP)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-containing-x-word/130523/1 "2019-10-08T21:53:40Z")
Hello, hope everyone is having a good day! My forum recently has a new policy where we’re cutting down on certain types of explicit language and we would like to remove them from view for both users and Google. I used the search function to look for the problematic words, but realized that if I were to use the mass selection tool, it would try to delete entire _topics_ rather than just the individual posts.
Is there a way to delete only the specific posts containing key words so that my forum’s users don’t have to see 500+ topics get incinerated? I don’t mind if I have to perform the process each time for each word, but I am not feeling keen on going in manually to delete every post one by one.
Thank you in advance!
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-containing-x-word/130523/2 "2019-10-08T23:50:16Z")
Why not substitute the word, rather than delete entire replies and potentially lose context within a topic?
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### Author:  [@justinGP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justinGP)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-containing-x-word/130523/3 "2019-10-09T00:23:35Z")
If that’s possible, that solution is fantastic. However, if I were to have to do this manually, it would double or triple the amount of time needed which is already insanely high. Is there a way to do it in bulk or automate it?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-containing-x-word/130523/4 "2019-10-09T00:32:31Z")
Add the words to Admin \> Logs \> Watched words \> Censor and using a rebake should do it.
> [@Rebake all posts matching a pattern](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebake-all-posts-matching-a-pattern/48713):
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> bookmark This guide provides instructions on how to rebake all posts in Discourse that match a specific string or regular expression, utilizing the Rails console for additional advanced options. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator warning Console access required Want to rebake all the posts matching a string or regular expression? Let’s get started! Accessing your site To begin, connect to your Discourse Droplet via SSH and enter the Docker container for your Disc…
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### Author:  [@justinGP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justinGP)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-containing-x-word/130523/5 "2019-10-10T17:55:08Z")
This worked, thank you!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-containing-x-word/130523/6 "2023-06-12T22:05:34Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-containing-x-word/130523/7 "2023-07-12T22:06:22Z")
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