If I want to completely delete a post, I should just hide them?

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@sam

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

Note this is 100% non recoverable short of grabbing a backup, so be careful.

Hi,
Since Discourse “soft-deletes” posts, can we consider this rails command the recommended way to completely delete a post containing highly sensitive information such as those @icaria36 provided as examples? If it isn’t, what would be the recommended way to deal with these kind of posts?

Is there a case that comes to your mind where completely deleting a post like this would break something in Discourse?