# Cleanup Policies Hybrid, Delete

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/cleanup-policies-hybrid-delete/3333>\
**Category:** Clients\
**Created:** [10 November 2021 09:29 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/cleanup-policies-hybrid-delete/3333 "2021-11-10T09:29:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [10 November 2021 09:29 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/cleanup-policies-hybrid-delete/3333/1 "2021-11-10T09:29:36Z")

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I created a topic with the following configurations -

```auto
cleanup.policy = delete
segment.bytes = 16328
retention.ms = 5000

```

After inserting 500 messages I expected the messages to be deleted after 5 seconds however, this was not the case. The messages were deleted after 3 minutes.

I then created a topic with the following configurations -

```auto
cleanup.policy = compact,delete
segment.bytes = 16328
retention.ms = 5000

```

I inserted the same 500 messages again, and observed that they get deleted within a couple of seconds.

Why does deletion trigger immediately in a **hybrid** cleanup policy as compared to the **delete** cleanup policy? Is there any configuration that is causing this that I’m not aware of?