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

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-want-to-completely-delete-a-post-i-should-just-hide-them/56720
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [1 februari 2017 om 16:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-want-to-completely-delete-a-post-i-should-just-hide-them/56720 "2017-02-01T16:30:46Z")
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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [29 april 2019 om 09:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-want-to-completely-delete-a-post-i-should-just-hide-them/56720/9 "2019-04-29T09:21:31Z")

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FYI, in Discourse, we “soft-delete” topics/posts. Meaning the content is still stored in the database but it _flagged_ as being deleted and is thus not shown to standard users (admins can always seem them if they want to).

This help tremendously in dealing with spammers and/or misbehaving users.

@David_Collantes would you mind explaining why you wanted to completely erase the content of a post?

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