How can I permanently delete a topic with multiple posts?

[Jongin]

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

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. [image] This feature was implemented under a hidden site setting because of how dangerous it can be, once a pos…

[HAWK]

Does deleting the first post not delete the entire topic? (I haven’t tried.)

[Arkshine]

What about selecting all posts first (it’s two clicks), deleting them, then permanently delete the topic?

[Mako-Poisoned (Mako)]

Hey, I wasn’t even aware of this…good to know!

[Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency)]

That pic should be added to a Documentation topic. As part of a how to.