Where do I set Permanently Delete?

[JammyDodger]

Hello and welcome @auriv

There’s a little bit more detail on how to access the rails console and change this site setting in this topic:

Enable setting to allow admins to permanently delete data

This is a guide on how to enable the setting for administrators to permanently delete data on a Discourse instance. Required user level: Admin As of v2026.4.0 Changelog | Discourse Releases the site setting to allow admins to permanently delete data is no longer a hidden site setting. To use this feature, enable the can permanently delete setting. However, please be aware of the risks involved with this feature — as the setting name suggests, if you permanen…