# Forbidding users to delete their own posts

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbidding-users-to-delete-their-own-posts/137226
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 28, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbidding-users-to-delete-their-own-posts/137226 "2019-12-28T11:48:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mr.x_mr.x/32/126610_2.png) [@Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mr.X_Mr.X)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbidding-users-to-delete-their-own-posts/137226/1 "2019-12-28T11:48:12Z")

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Is there a way to block users to delete their own posts? It’s rather frustrating seeing users delete their own posts after a while, leaving topics in a realm of confusion with other members answering posts that are no longer visible.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbidding-users-to-delete-their-own-posts/137226/2 "2019-12-28T12:03:13Z")

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Search system settings for “delete” to find settings controlling how long users can delete for.

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### Author: ![Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mr.x_mr.x/32/126610_2.png) [@Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mr.X_Mr.X)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbidding-users-to-delete-their-own-posts/137226/3 "2019-12-28T15:34:05Z")

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I can’t seem to find anything aside:

max posts deletion per minute (can’t set to 0)  
max posts deletion per day (can’t set to 0)

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbidding-users-to-delete-their-own-posts/137226/4 "2019-12-28T18:04:01Z")

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Oops. I think you want

```
  post edit time limit

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbidding-users-to-delete-their-own-posts/137226/5 "2023-10-22T17:07:22Z")

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### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbidding-users-to-delete-their-own-posts/137226/6 "2023-10-22T17:16:31Z")

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