Delete a topic

This feature is only available to organization owners and administrators.


  • Clearing out test messages after setting up an organization.

  • Clearing out messages from an overly enthusiastic bot.

  • Managing abuse.


Note that deleting a topic also deletes every message with that topic, whereas archiving a stream does not.

Delete a topic

  1. Hover over the topic in the left sidebar.

  2. Click the ellipsis ().

  3. Click Delete topic.

  4. Approve by clicking Confirm.

Note that deleting all of the individual messages within a particular topic also deletes that topic. Structurally, topics are simply an attribute of messages in Zulip.