# Multiple posts delete unstable?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-posts-delete-unstable/73876
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [November 11, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-posts-delete-unstable/73876 "2017-11-11T00:42:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-posts-delete-unstable/73876/1 "2017-11-11T00:42:56Z")
Sorry for my english, it’s a bit technical for me.
When I use the wrench then the following options : `Select Posts...` \> `delete selected` after selecting 5+ posts, it’s buggy, sometimes
The first time I tried this : I selected 200+ posts, deleted it, but when I refreshed the page, they weren’t deleted.
After upgrading to the latest version, I didn’t try to delete 100+ posts again, I try a few at a time
- If I select 10 or less posts, it usually works fine
- if I select between 10 and 30 posts the selected posts have the deleted background (red in my case) for a few seconds then change to their usual background (white background)… But after a refresh they are in fact deleted.
- If I select 30+ posts, the posts **can** stay undeleted. (EDIT : in fact, after a refresh one minute later, they are deleted. It makes sense, must be sidekiq who needs time)
It’s not an exact science, sometimes it works fine, sometimes not, it’s a bit weird.
Tested on Firefox and Chrome on latest Discourse version.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2017, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-posts-delete-unstable/73876/2 "2017-11-11T07:38:17Z")
There is a UI issue here with deletion, where it doesn’t always reflect what happens.
If you are selecting hundreds 🤯 of posts then that’s probably a server timeout instead.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-posts-delete-unstable/73876/3 "2017-12-13T21:17:47Z")
Deleting posts take a **lot** of time (up to several seconds per post). I did improve the user experience in
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1b4483c9425f9d8dae7a7b298752303bc0165f37](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1b4483c9425f9d8dae7a7b298752303bc0165f37)
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-posts-delete-unstable/73876/4 "2017-12-16T23:00:01Z")
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