# How to remove post completely?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-post-completely/50514
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [22 september 2016 om 23:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-post-completely/50514 "2016-09-22T23:33:04Z")
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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [25 oktober 2023 om 18:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-post-completely/50514/36 "2023-10-25T18:37:47Z")

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We now have the `can_permanently_delete` setting you can use to hard delete posts and post revisions from the UI. 🥳

You can read more about that here:

> [@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…

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