# Incorrect "Can't delete all posts. Some posts are older than 60 days old."

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-cant-delete-all-posts-some-posts-are-older-than-60-days-old/26010
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [Março 5, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-cant-delete-all-posts-some-posts-are-older-than-60-days-old/26010 "2015-03-05T08:15:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![dandv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dandv/32/169779_2.png) [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [Março 5, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-cant-delete-all-posts-some-posts-are-older-than-60-days-old/26010/1 "2015-03-05T08:15:02Z")

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I was viewing a user in the Admin panel and noticed this message:

> Posts: 1 - Can’t delete all posts. Some posts are older than 60 days old. (The delete\_user\_max\_post\_age setting.)

I’ve installed the forum only 9 days ago, and [that user’s post correctly](http://discourse.quantifiedselfforum.com/users/agaricus/activity) shows as being made 16 hours ago in their public profile.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [Março 5, 2015, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-cant-delete-all-posts-some-posts-are-older-than-60-days-old/26010/2 "2015-03-05T08:26:39Z")

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Any imports or old data?

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### Author: ![dandv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dandv/32/169779_2.png) [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [Março 5, 2015, 8:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-cant-delete-all-posts-some-posts-are-older-than-60-days-old/26010/3 "2015-03-05T08:40:05Z")

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Nope, none yet.

Saw this with two users I granted Admin, then Moderator to, then set Trust level to 4; then I scrolled down on the page and noticed the bogus error.

Didn’t see it with a 3rd user to whom I only granted Moderator.

I should try and come up with a precise repro sequence.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [Março 5, 2015, 8:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-cant-delete-all-posts-some-posts-are-older-than-60-days-old/26010/4 "2015-03-05T08:40:18Z")

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This is probably a bug, for sure. @neil can you have a quick look tomorrow?

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### Author: ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [Março 5, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-cant-delete-all-posts-some-posts-are-older-than-60-days-old/26010/5 "2015-03-05T23:15:02Z")

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Yeah that’s a misleading message… You can’t delete admins, so it’s true that you can’t delete, but it shouldn’t be showing that message. I’ll fix.

UPDATE: fixed

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [Março 6, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-cant-delete-all-posts-some-posts-are-older-than-60-days-old/26010/6 "2015-03-06T20:21:18Z")

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