I am really liking Discourse, it works really well but one thing I am struggling with is not being able to delete topics and posts permanently, like from the DB/server, not just hiding them. I don’t see why this isn’t already built in? - I want to be able to permanently delete because I don’t see wh…

We now have the can_permanently_delete setting you can use to hard delete posts and post revisions from the UI. :partying_face: You can read more about that here: [image] Introducing permanently delete post functionality megaphoneAnnouncements When a post is …

Discussed here: [image] How to remove post completely? Support Hey there! I want to remove a post completely. For example can I delete post shown below? I don’t want to see this deleted post shown in red, even if they’re only visible to staff. (If you won…

From reading most of the other topics regarding this problem of not having such a feature to delete something forever, I disagree and I feel it should be a core feature. A great example of why this feature would be useful is what if I had a category that was going to be completely closed because eit…

There is a setting which limits how many posts can be deleted at one time with the Delete All Posts button. The default is 15 posts. It’s here in your Dashboard: /admin/site_settings/category/users. Scroll down to delete all posts max and change that. If users have a lot of posts in a topic, it coul…

Why is it not possible to permanently delete topics or posts?

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Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin) October 4, 2020, 2:12pm 2

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Topic		Replies	Views
Deleted replies and topics - are they purged from db or do they stay forever in db? Support	1	502	September 28, 2023
If I want to completely delete a post, I should just hide them? Support	12	5257	May 11, 2021
How can I permanently delete a topic with multiple posts? Support	4	168	March 7, 2025
How to remove post completely? Support	2	9093	October 25, 2023
How to delete post permanently? Support	1	213	August 6, 2024

Why is it not possible to permanently delete topics or posts?

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