# Unclear what console

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unclear-what-console/206674
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** permanently-delete
**Created:** [October 21, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unclear-what-console/206674 "2021-10-21T14:38:32Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unclear-what-console/206674/5 "2021-10-21T14:50:35Z")

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> [@Enable setting to allow admins to permanently delete data](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-the-hidden-can-permanently-delete-site-setting/206678):
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> bookmark This is a guide on how to enable the setting for administrators to permanently delete data on a Discourse instance. person_raising_hand Required user level: Admin As of [v2026.4.0 Changelog | Discourse Releases](https://releases.discourse.org/changelog/v2026.4.0/?filter=permanently_delete&tab=feature) the site setting to allow admins to permanently delete data is no longer a hidden site setting. To use this feature, enable the can permanently delete setting. However, please be aware of the risks involved with this feature — as the setting name suggests, if you permanen…

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