# Group rights to edit/delete posts?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-rights-to-edit-delete-posts/138448
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 13, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-rights-to-edit-delete-posts/138448 "2020-01-13T12:25:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Queth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Queth)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-rights-to-edit-delete-posts/138448/1 "2020-01-13T12:25:36Z")
Apologies if this has been discussed already, I searched but couldn’t find it.
I’m looking for a way to give group owners the right to edit and delete posts in the forums their group has access to. I do not wish to grand moderating powers to these group owners as that is effective for the whole forum, and this is just for specific categories that “belong” to these groups.
In the security option of a category there is only possibility for groups to create/reply/see.
Is there a way to extend it ? As a work around I would create a new group for the group owner to have these rights.. but they aren’t available anywhere.
Is there a way to add these? Plugin or otherwise?
Thank you in advance!
Edit: I have found a workaround by giving them level 4, and giving level 4 access to the category as well. But this only works now bc there is one trust level 4 member…
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-rights-to-edit-delete-posts/138448/2 "2020-05-02T21:30:01Z")
No, there is no way to do this.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-rights-to-edit-delete-posts/138448/3 "2024-06-25T17:48:55Z")
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-rights-to-edit-delete-posts/138448/4 "2024-06-25T21:17:40Z")
> [@Queth](#):
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> just for specific categories
This is now possible by using… ⬇
> [@Category Group Review/Moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-group-review-moderation/116478):
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> mega There have been many changes to this feature since first released. Check out [Category Moderator Improvements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-improvements/158628) for the latest details. In the latest builds of Discourse I’ve recently [merged a feature](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/404b35bd041362bd3d855e95f2bcba5791d16409) that some forums have been asking for some time now, the ability for regular non-staff users of a group to moderate and review content in specific categories. How to Use Enable the enable category group moderation site setting. It’s default to off. The site setting was called enable cate…
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2026, 7:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-rights-to-edit-delete-posts/138448/5 "2026-06-09T07:22:07Z")
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