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Delete a topic
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We generally recommend against deleting topics, but there are a few situations in which it can be useful:
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Clearing out test messages after setting up an organization.
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Clearing out messages from an overly enthusiastic bot.
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Managing abuse.
In most other cases, renaming a topic is often a better idea, or just leaving the topic as is. Deleting a topic can confuse users who come to the topic later via an email notification.
Note that deleting a topic also deletes every message with that topic, whereas deleting a stream does not.
Delete a topic
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Hover over the topic in the left sidebar.
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Click the ellipsis ().
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Click Delete all messages in
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Click Delete messages.
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Note that deleting the last message with a particular topic also deletes that topic.