# User can't delete their own topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cant-delete-their-own-topic/34256>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [8 Ottobre 2015, 9:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cant-delete-their-own-topic/34256 "2015-10-08T09:01:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shrike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/shrike/32/68103_2.png) [@Shrike](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shrike)\
**Post date:** [13 Marzo 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cant-delete-their-own-topic/34256/5 "2017-03-13T09:53:54Z")

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I’m afraid it’s very idealistic approach :). I believe good UX should provide “less-surprise” approach and not assume and impose “people should taught first” idea.

There’s common sense - if I created something I should be able to delete it. Even in Twitter we can delete own tweets.

I understand reasoning that it’s a bad idea to wipe out topics with conversation. But I think it should be allowed at least during some adjustable timeout after creation.

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