# How can I soft-delete a topic?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [5월 4, 2015, 7:34오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-soft-delete-a-topic/28300 "2015-05-04T19:34:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [5월 4, 2015, 9:00오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-soft-delete-a-topic/28300/10 "2015-05-04T21:00:52Z")

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Isn’t “Delete Topic” a soft-delete? You can still get to it using ?status=deleted, I don’t know how long they stick around, but I know they still exist for a while.

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