Permanently deleting is possible, but it still shows the tab on the /about page. How would one get rid of it completely?
I think if you remove the company name you’ve set in the admin settings then those tabs magically disappear again. 
(Unless you’ve set overrides in tos url and/or privacy policy url, otherwise you’d need to remove those as well)
I’d cleared all those fields and it still stays. Does it matter if you edited the post?
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Ah yes, it does appear that making an edit to them makes them more sticky.
To get round this, I used the ‘replace text’ option on the /admin/customize/site_texts page to replace the edited ones. Then I added a value to company name, saved, and then reset that setting - and that seemed to make them disappear again. Hopefully you’ll have similar success. 
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Hmmm. I think i broke something when permanently deleting the topic via rails console.
The replace text throws an error for me.
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I think you may have done. Side-stepping the UI and deleting the (supposedly) undeletable topics can have some unforeseen consequences.
Though it’s an easy fix. 
(using the rails console)
There are a couple of hidden site settings where you’ll need to replace the topic_id for a ‘new’ topic you can have in its place.
There’s a bit more detail in this post - How to regenerate FAQ and TOS pages? - #2 by gerhard
And here’s the hidden settings guide - Hidden Site Settings Reference Guide
The two you want are privacy_topic_id and tos_topic_id
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yep this one did the trick!
I am slowly crawling back up after digging that hole and diving head-first into it 
…and the replace worked! Thanks @JammyDodger!
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You’re certainly not the first. I’m glad that’s done the job. 
