# How to retrieve a thread created by myself?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-thread-created-by-myself/5708>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [September 3, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-thread-created-by-myself/5708 "2017-09-03T22:17:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![chobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chobbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chobbes)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-thread-created-by-myself/5708/1 "2017-09-03T22:17:09Z")

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Occasionally, I found threads/topics created by myself are no longer useful. Is there a way to remove them completely? Thanks!!

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**Author:** ![chobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chobbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chobbes)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-thread-created-by-myself/5708/2 "2017-09-09T21:42:05Z")

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Bump.

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**Author:** ![cstjean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cstjean/32/1444_2.png) [@cstjean](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cstjean)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-thread-created-by-myself/5708/3 "2017-09-09T23:25:01Z")

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You can get your own posts going through the settings, eg. [Profile - chobbes - JuliaLang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chobbes/activity/topics)

I doubt you can delete a topic unless you’re a moderator. I wouldn’t sweat it - if your topic is useless, it’ll be quickly forgotten by Google.

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**Author:** ![chobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chobbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chobbes)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-thread-created-by-myself/5708/4 "2017-09-09T23:28:02Z")

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What do you mean by “get posts going through the settings”? Can you elaborate?

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**Author:** ![cstjean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cstjean/32/1444_2.png) [@cstjean](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cstjean)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-thread-created-by-myself/5708/5 "2017-09-09T23:36:11Z")

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Top right corner of the page, your user icon → gear icon → `Activity` → `Topics`:

![37](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/9/e9baa5ab9378540a9e5f5311718debd6f791ae2f.png)

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**Author:** ![chobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chobbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chobbes)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-thread-created-by-myself/5708/6 "2017-09-09T23:41:24Z")

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Do you mean that I can view all my past topics/threads by navigating to `Activity`? If this is what meant, thanks for reminding me this! But I guess it has nothing to do with deletion of a thread, right?

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**Author:** ![dpsanders](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dpsanders/32/3573_2.png) [@dpsanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dpsanders)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-thread-created-by-myself/5708/7 "2017-09-12T01:49:46Z")

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Deleting threads is frowned upon even if they are apparently “useless”. If there is now a solution to the question, it is better to add that as another post in the thread.

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**Author:** ![vchuravy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vchuravy/32/8_2.png) [@vchuravy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vchuravy)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-thread-created-by-myself/5708/8 "2017-09-12T02:11:44Z")

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Also discourse is _immutable_ (posts can only be edited for a short while) to preserve the discussion and prevent that later changes remove the context of the discussion. Only mods/admins can delete/hide a thread.

I can only echo @dpsanders comment. It is best to add a solution or a explanation why a thread is useless so that other people can benefit from what you learned.

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**Author:** ![chobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chobbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chobbes)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-thread-created-by-myself/5708/9 "2017-09-12T11:08:23Z")

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Thanks for the explanation. I get the point.