Drac's Thread Cleaner 1.3.0

What it does​

Pick one or more forums from a checkbox tree of your whole board and delete every thread and post in them in one go - no hand-picking, no endless pages of moderation. Built for the day a forum fills with spam or you retire a section for good.

Features​

• Checkbox tree of every forum - categories and link forums are shown for context but cannot be ticked, because only real forums hold threads.
• Skip sticky threads - on by default, so your pinned announcements and rules survive. Untick it to delete them too.
• Permanent or soft delete - permanent by default; soft delete keeps everything recoverable from the deleted-content log, exactly like a normal moderator delete.
• Preview before anything happens - a confirmation page shows the exact number of threads and posts that will go, and the delete button does nothing until you tick an "I understand" box.
• Handles big forums - it runs as a resumable background job on XenForo's own progress screen, so it will not time out, and you can cancel it part-way.
• Uses XenForo's own delete service - the same one behind the moderator delete button, so attachments, the search index and reactions are cleaned up properly.
• Audit trail built in - every request appears in XenForo's own Admin Log.
• Its own admin permission - hand it to trusted staff without giving them full super-admin rights (Users -> Administrators -> Admin Permissions).

Please note: permanent delete cannot be undone. Take a backup first, and use the preview page.
What it deliberately does not do: there is no per-member exclude list (it filters by forum only, plus the sticky toggle), and no combined "delete and ban" action - it only ever touches threads and posts, never accounts.

What's new​

• 1.3.0 (Nov 2026) - this add-on can now be bought on its own for $5.00 with its own license key, or as part of the six-add-on set with the universal key. Thread Cleaner has no settings page of its own, so its key box sits on the shared Drac's Addons -> License key page with all the others.
• 1.2.x (Oct 2026) - moved under the single Drac's Addons menu in the Admin CP (Drac's Addons -> Thread Cleaner -> Clean threads).
• 1.1.x (Oct 2026) - license key check and a support form at Drac's Shop for license holders.

Requirements​

XenForo 2.3.13 or newer.

Price and license​

• This add-on on its own: $5.00 - you get this add-on and its own license key, which unlocks this add-on only.
• All six Drac's Shop add-ons: $20.00 - you get every add-on and one universal license key that unlocks all of them. That is $10 less than buying the six one by one ($30.00).
• Lifetime updates and support with every order - one payment, no subscription.
• One license key covers one forum domain.

Buy it here: Drac's Shop - after paying you land on a receipt page with your download link(s) and your license key.


How the license works

• Enter your key in the Admin CP under Drac's Addons -> License key. That one page holds every Drac key: the first box is the universal key (the six-add-on set); each installed add-on also has its own box, here named "Key for Drac's Thread Cleaner only".
• If both boxes are filled in, the add-on's own key is the one it uses. A one-add-on key only unlocks the add-on it was bought for.
• Each add-on checks its key with the license server once a day, and again whenever the key or your forum's address changes. It sends only the key, your forum's domain name and the add-on's name - no member data and no forum content.
• If the license server cannot be reached, an add-on that was already licensed keeps working for 7 days.
• Without a valid key an add-on stays off and your forum behaves like stock XenForo; the add-on's settings page and the License key page tell you why.

Install​

1. Buy it at Drac's Shop and download the zip from your receipt page.
2. Admin CP -> Add-ons -> Install/upgrade from archive and upload the zip (do not unzip it).
3. Admin CP -> Drac's Addons -> License key and paste your key.
4. Find the tool under Drac's Addons -> Thread Cleaner -> Clean threads. Give your staff the Thread Cleaner admin permission if they should use it.

Upgrading from an earlier version works the same way: upload the new zip over the old one. Back up your forum before installing or upgrading any add-on.

Support​

License holders can ask for help with the form at https://moonbloodgarden.com/vexcor/support - you will need your license key. Questions before you buy are welcome in this thread.

All the Drac's Shop add-ons live together under one Drac's Addons menu in the Admin CP: the first one you install creates the menu and the last one you uninstall removes it.