# 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:** [May 5, 2018, 9:52pm 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:** ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cannot-delete-own-topics-once-they-have-replies/86853/18 "2019-04-18T16:20:26Z")

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Could we perhaps disable replies until the 24 hour period is up?

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