# Recover messages from dropped topic

**URL:** <https://community.hivemq.com/t/recover-messages-from-dropped-topic/908>\
**Category:** HiveMQ Community Edition\
**Created:** [December 24, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/recover-messages-from-dropped-topic/908 "2021-12-24T03:35:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Rahul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f14d63/32.png) [@Rahul](https://community.hivemq.com/u/Rahul)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/recover-messages-from-dropped-topic/908/1 "2021-12-24T03:35:02Z")

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Is there any way, we can fetch/recover dropped messages from hivemq broker ?

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**Author:** ![michael\_w](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.hivemq.com/michael_w/32/200_2.png) [@michael\_w](https://community.hivemq.com/u/michael_w)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/recover-messages-from-dropped-topic/908/2 "2021-12-24T08:13:57Z")

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Hi @Rahul,

this should be the feature you’re looking for:  
[https://www.hivemq.com/docs/hivemq/latest/user-guide/mqtt-add-ons.html#dropped-topic](https://www.hivemq.com/docs/hivemq/latest/user-guide/mqtt-add-ons.html#dropped-topic)

Merry Christmas,  
Michael from the HiveMQ team

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**Author:** ![zingiber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ce73a5/32.png) [@zingiber](https://community.hivemq.com/u/zingiber)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/recover-messages-from-dropped-topic/908/3 "2021-12-24T08:45:01Z")

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Hey Rahul,

please note that the special topics mentioned by Michael are not available in the Community Edition.

Kind regards,  
Finn from the HiveMQ Team