Soft-delete override?

[Shoq]

Is there any way an admin can override soft-deletes on a case-by-case basis, or is setting Permanent deletes in the console our only option (server admin is on holiday)

We’re prototyping and the pink remnants are distracting.

TIA

[Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin)]

Hello Shoq,

Is this what you’re looking for?

Introducing permanently delete post functionality

When a post is deleted in Discourse, we perform a soft-delete. This means that post is still present in the database in case an administrator wants to recover it later. A soft-delete is not sufficient when the deleted post contains sensitive information and must be pruned from the database completely. For those situations, we are introducing the ability to permanently delete a post. [image] This feature was implemented under a hidden site setting because of how dangerous it can be, once a pos…

Enable setting to allow admins to permanently delete data

This is a guide on how to enable the setting for administrators to permanently delete data on a Discourse instance. Required user level: System Admin Console access required As of 2.8.0.beta7: Security Release, Fast Edits, Topic Bookmarks, and more there is a hidden site setting to allow admins to permanently delete data. Enabling permanent deletion via the Rails console To enable the setting using the Rails console, execute the following commands…

[Shoq]

Thank you, but no. That requires Console access which I don’t have until my server admin returns on Monday. I was hoping to find another way.

[Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin)]

What remnants are you talking about? Can you post a screenshot?

If it’s this (tho it’s not pink):

This can be hidden with CSS if you have access to themes:

.gap {
    display: none;
}

I don’t know if there are side effects.

[Shoq]

Figured it out. The “Permanently Delete” is under a different wrench menu than what I was looking at. The entities are confusing for we newbies sometimes. I have lots of that. Thank you for the assistance