# 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:** ![madrush](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/madrush/32/119502_2.png) [@madrush](https://meta.discourse.org/u/madrush)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cannot-delete-own-topics-once-they-have-replies/86853/4 "2019-03-10T20:13:16Z")

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> [@testingsoftware](#):
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> Although maybe it would be a good thing if users could delete a topic as long as it didn’t have any replies.

I agree. I’ve just run into this with a regular member who is leading a group in our forum. I set up a category for them to play with, but they cannot delete their topics—even those without any replies.

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