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 .
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:
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…
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is that will be enabled for all posts or that will be only like option ?
example “hide or delete”
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It adds an option to the post wrench:
There are a couple of safeguards too, and a bit more detailed info in this topic:
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:
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