# 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:** [March 12, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cannot-delete-own-topics-once-they-have-replies/86853/6 "2019-03-12T11:09:37Z")

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> [@sam](#):
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> we could allow end users to tombstone and close the topic if it has no replies (waiting 24 hours till actual deletion)

Yes, why don’t we do that? And only for, say, the first day after creating it if there’s some kind of “topic creator’s remorse” or .. something.

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