# Users can't delete their own posts

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cant-delete-their-own-posts/292460
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 22, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cant-delete-their-own-posts/292460 "2024-01-22T07:38:53Z")
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### Author: ![whitewaterdeu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@whitewaterdeu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/whitewaterdeu)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cant-delete-their-own-posts/292460/1 "2024-01-22T07:38:53Z")

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someone tell me he can’t delete his post in a specific catagorie  
but i don’t know how to change the authority

thanks for your help

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/1/8/218133bc0b697e0c2ba295465fa41b442a422f06.png)

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cant-delete-their-own-posts/292460/2 "2024-01-22T07:53:21Z")

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I think this may be working as expected? Was it as topic that had picked up some replies?

If so, this is to prevent someone from deleting other people’s content. You can delete your own topics (within your edit window) as long as they don’t have any replies yet. After that you’d need to flag it so a mod/admin could do it.

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### Author: ![whitewaterdeu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@whitewaterdeu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/whitewaterdeu)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cant-delete-their-own-posts/292460/3 "2024-01-22T09:48:15Z")

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thanks for your reply

There is no any reply in this post [test simpread - 🗣️闲聊 - 始徒Beginner](https://forum.beginner.center/t/topic/717)

 ![IMG_7128](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/8/8/08824c0a5e852f38138c3450ed864aa2ae42a54c.jpeg)

and I have tested other posts in this category, they also can’t be deleted

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 9:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cant-delete-their-own-posts/292460/4 "2024-01-22T09:51:14Z")

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It’s this small action post from the `create post for category and tag changes` setting that’s doing it for that topic:

 ![small action post](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/d/e/cde3c349f918aa18cc0c26f743b6c850c5a35371.png)

That one still counts as a post even though it’s mainly informational.

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### Author: ![whitewaterdeu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@whitewaterdeu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/whitewaterdeu)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cant-delete-their-own-posts/292460/5 "2024-01-22T10:02:31Z")

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wow！I solve it!  
Thank you

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cant-delete-their-own-posts/292460/6 "2024-02-21T10:02:55Z")

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