# 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, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cant-delete-their-own-topic/34256/9 "2017-03-13T10:31:43Z")

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Well, but moderators/admin can delete topics. And the fact that someone is reading it or replying doesn’t prevent deletion. So from reader’s point of view is makes not much sense who is deleting the topic.

But again there could be some meaningful timeout while it’s allowed (5-10 minutes for example). It’d reduces the confusion.

How it could be improved for the case when a topic is deleted right while it’s being read by someone:

The author who is not admin/moderator deletes a topic, but it isn’t wiped out immediately. Instead it’s scheduled to be deleted in N minutes. All people who is reading or replying to the topic will see a notification “Author have deleted the topic”.

If there’s a reply posted in a topic already then author won’t be able to delete the topic, instead he/she will be presenter with a message “You can’t delete the topic as there’re already replies in it, please flag for moderator instead”.

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