# Hoe verwijder ik een bericht permanent?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-post-permanently/320309
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [6 augustus 2024 om 07:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-post-permanently/320309 "2024-08-06T07:35:24Z")
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### Author:  [@Sagar\_Tongse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sagar_Tongse)
#### Post date: [6 augustus 2024 om 07:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-post-permanently/320309/1 "2024-08-06T07:35:24Z")
If you use the topic admin settings to delete a topic, this only shows as deleting the first post of the topic, which can then be permanently deleted which may also delete any replies to the original topic post?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [6 augustus 2024 om 07:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-post-permanently/320309/2 "2024-08-06T07:42:02Z")
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> [@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…