How to permanently delete a post?

[Bitweb_Core]

Qustion is how i can permanet delete post. thread ?

i was see there was

./launcher enter app
rails c
Post.find(THE_POST_ID).destroy

but no really undestand how find it id , and how to delete it compleate .

[JammyDodger]

You can permanently delete from the console, but there is now an easier option that will allow you to do it from the UI. You do need to enable a hidden site setting, but you can find the instructions here:

Enable the hidden can_permanently_delete site setting

As of 2.8.0.beta7: Security Release, Fast Edits, Topic Bookmarks, and more there is a hidden site setting to allow admins to permanently delete data. To enable it, you’d set the SiteSetting at the Rails console like this: cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter app rails c SiteSetting.can_permanently_delete=true exit exit This change takes effect immediately. No further action is necessary. Another way to accomplish this would be to add it to app.yml in the env: section. To do that you would add i…

[Bitweb_Core]

is that will be enabled for all posts or that will be only like option ?
example “hide or delete”

[JammyDodger]

It adds an option to the post wrench:

There are a couple of safeguards too, and a bit more detailed info in this topic:

@nbianca

This feature was implemented under a hidden site setting because of how dangerous it can be, once a post is destroyed it cannot be recovered. As an additional protection mechanism, posts can be permanently deleted by the same administrator who deleted the post only after 5 minutes have passed OR by a different administrator immediately. If the post cannot be deleted because none of the preconditions were met, it will show an error message: