# 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:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cannot-delete-own-topics-once-they-have-replies/86853/33 "2020-10-13T23:55:07Z")

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There’s no great solution for this right now other than having topic owners flag their topics, and then staff can delete them.

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