# Plugin to introduce auto-delete as a category-level option

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-introduce-auto-delete-as-a-category-level-option/323769
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** topic-timers
**Created:** [August 28, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-introduce-auto-delete-as-a-category-level-option/323769 "2024-08-28T12:48:44Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-introduce-auto-delete-as-a-category-level-option/323769/7 "2026-02-17T03:07:05Z")

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do you mean this?

> [@Automatically delete replies after N days](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-delete-replies-after-n-days/128759):
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> For the various knowledge base topics we have I would like to have a special timer for: Replies on this topic are automatically deleted after N days I think this is a very powerful tool for keeping documentation topics clean. I would have this on most documentation topics on meta. It means people can reply to them but they know upfront that replies are like tears in the rain. If you want something permanent: Open a new topic or Edit the OP Even though we can do this pruning …

if that is what you mean, it still exists - it’s under the topic timer

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