# How to delete private messages?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-private-messages/51202>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 7, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-private-messages/51202 "2016-10-07T00:25:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-private-messages/51202/4 "2017-11-01T08:17:21Z")

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As an admin, you can mark topics as deleted by hitting the trashcan below the first post, hidden behind the … button:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/3/d31dd4a21188b201f47b06e8893ef72b0f208483.png)

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