This already exists, downvoted and closed questions will usually be removed automatically. The exact criteria are [listed in this post on Meta Stack Exchange](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/enable-automatic-deletion-of-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year): > Just to formally document the exact policies we have in place to > remove old abandoned / dead questions, [the Community user][1] will > delete questions in the following circumstances: > > **If the question is more than `30` days old, and ...** > > - has −1 or lower score > - has no answers > - is not locked > > **...or...** > > - it was closed and migrated to a different site > > ... it will be automatically deleted. Internally, these are termed > "dead" questions (`RemoveDeadQuestions`, or `RemoveMigrationStubs` in > the case of a migration). > > **If the question is more than `365` days old, and ...** > > - has a score of 0, **or** a score of 1 in case of deleted owner > - has no answers > - is not locked > - has view count <= the age of the question in days times 1.5 > - has 1 or 0 comments > > ... it will be automatically deleted. These are "abandoned" questions > (`RemoveAbandonedQuestions`). > > These checks are run every week across all sites. > > **If the question was closed more than `9` days ago, and ...** > > - not closed as a duplicate > - has a score of 0 or less > - is not locked > - has no answers with a score > 0 > - has no accepted answer > - has no pending reopen votes > - has not been edited in the past `9` days > > ... it will be automatically deleted. These are "abandoned closed", > and show as `RemoveAbandonedClosed`: > > [![example of "deleted by Community" notation][2]][2] > > This check is run every day across all sites. > > See also: The official ["How does deleting work? What can cause a post > to be deleted, and what does that actually mean?"][3] FAQ meta post. [1]: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19738/who-is-the-community-user [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/usHJW.png [3]: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5221/how-does-deleting-work-what-can-cause-a-post-to-be-deleted-and-what-does-that