# Deleting posts doesn't reset last activity date

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-doesnt-reset-last-activity-date/31348
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [July 23, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-doesnt-reset-last-activity-date/31348 "2015-07-23T11:39:28Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-doesnt-reset-last-activity-date/31348/8 "2018-08-30T06:07:05Z")

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This ancient issue is now neatly resolved using:

> [@Reply without bumping topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-without-bumping-topic/94406):
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> As a staff member you sometimes have the need to post a reply without bumping the topic to the top of the list. And now you can do exactly that. There’s a new “Toggle topic bump” in the composer’s reply selector. [image] An anchor will appear at the top of the composer when bumping is disabled. [image] Another new feature is the “Reset Bump Date” action in topic wrench menu. It changes the topic’s bump date to the date of the last visible post in the topic. That’s quite useful when the l…

After deleting a post you can reset the bump date if you wish.

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