# Tool for Forum Cleanup?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/tool-for-forum-cleanup/91450
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [7월 3, 2018, 7:45오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tool-for-forum-cleanup/91450 "2018-07-03T07:45:25Z")
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### Author: ![robmc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/robmc/32/125900_2.png) [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)
#### Post date: [7월 3, 2018, 9:26오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tool-for-forum-cleanup/91450/4 "2018-07-03T09:26:40Z")

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I trust the link answers some of those questions, and maybe adding the auto-close to the category will help to reduce the work going forward

If you have active mods, then you can also use Topic Timers to auto-close, or auto-delete, specific topics if they are unlikely to add to the reference material on the site

This thread is about creating new posts, but it will point you to the place to also select `auto-delete` if you want

> [@Scheduling topics for future publication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-timed-topic/60731):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to use topic timers to schedule a topic for future publication in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: Trust level 4 users or Staff (Admin/Moderator) Discourse allows you to create topics and schedule them for publication at a later date using topic timers. This feature is available to staff (admins and moderators) as well as trust level 4 users. To schedule a topic for future publication: Create a new topic in a private category, as a p…

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