# Option for TL4 to delete posts/topics

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-tl4-to-delete-posts-topics/198808
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 1, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-tl4-to-delete-posts-topics/198808 "2021-08-01T11:32:37Z")
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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-tl4-to-delete-posts-topics/198808/2 "2021-08-01T12:13:19Z")

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> [@B-iggy](#):
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> Moderators on the other hand are even more powerful and I don’t want to burden those voluntary helpers with too much power.

Perhaps you can meet in the middle with category moderators? They can delete topic and posts in addition to TL4 powers.

This is what they can do

> [@Category Moderator Improvements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-improvements/158628/1):
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> - Mark topics as solved
> - Edit posts
> - Close topics
> - Archive topics
> - Move posts from a topic
> - Pin/unpin topics
> - Edit category descriptions
> - Add staff notices

> [@Category Group Review/Moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-group-review-moderation/116478):
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> mega There have been many changes to this feature since first released. Check out [Category Moderator Improvements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-improvements/158628) for the latest details. In the latest builds of Discourse I’ve recently [merged a feature](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/404b35bd041362bd3d855e95f2bcba5791d16409) that some forums have been asking for some time now, the ability for regular non-staff users of a group to moderate and review content in specific categories. How to Use Enable the enable category group moderation site setting. It’s default to off. The site setting was called enable cate…

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