# User cannot delete own topics once they have replies

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cannot-delete-own-topics-once-they-have-replies/86853>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [05.Май.2018 21:52:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cannot-delete-own-topics-once-they-have-replies/86853 "2018-05-05T21:52:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@ralph1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ralph1)\
**Post date:** [18.Апрель.2019 02:56:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cannot-delete-own-topics-once-they-have-replies/86853/13 "2019-04-18T02:56:44Z")

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This doesn’t seem to work. We just had our first user create and delete their own topic. Another user came along and posted a reply before the 24-hour period was up. The time period has now expired and the topic was not removed.

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