# How can I permanently delete a topic with multiple posts?

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**Created:** [March 6, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-permanently-delete-a-topic-with-multiple-posts/356159 "2025-03-06T21:52:16Z")\
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How can I permanently delete a topic with multiple posts?  
With this method, i only can delete posts one by one e later the topic

> [@Introducing permanently delete post functionality](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-permanently-delete-post-functionality/207109):
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> When a post is deleted in Discourse, we perform a soft-delete. This means that post is still present in the database in case an administrator wants to recover it later. A soft-delete is not sufficient when the deleted post contains sensitive information and must be pruned from the database completely. For those situations, we are introducing the ability to permanently delete a post. To use this feature, enable the can permanently delete setting. However, please be aware of the risks i…

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