diff --git a/public/language/en-GB/topic.json b/public/language/en-GB/topic.json
index 11f9d2547f..0b431d12ba 100644
--- a/public/language/en-GB/topic.json
+++ b/public/language/en-GB/topic.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 	"login-to-view": "🔒 Log in to view",
 	"edit": "Edit",
 	"delete": "Delete",
+	"delete-event": "Delete Event",
 	"purge": "Purge",
 	"restore": "Restore",
 	"move": "Move",
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
 	"unpinned-by": "Unpinned by",
 	"deleted-by": "Deleted by",
 	"restored-by": "Restored by",
+	"moved-from-by": "Moved from %1 by",
 	"queued-by": "Post queued for approval →",
 
 	"bookmark_instructions" : "Click here to return to the last read post in this thread.",
diff --git a/public/openapi/write.yaml b/public/openapi/write.yaml
index 8c5fb9c4eb..abad800516 100644
--- a/public/openapi/write.yaml
+++ b/public/openapi/write.yaml
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ paths:
     $ref: 'write/topics/tid/thumbs/order.yaml'
   /topics/{tid}/events:
     $ref: 'write/topics/tid/events.yaml'
+  /topics/{tid}/events/{eventId}:
+    $ref: 'write/topics/tid/events/eventId.yaml'
   /posts/{pid}:
     $ref: 'write/posts/pid.yaml'
   /posts/{pid}/state:
diff --git a/public/openapi/write/topics/tid/events/eventId.yaml b/public/openapi/write/topics/tid/events/eventId.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b0de4ad53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/openapi/write/topics/tid/events/eventId.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+delete:
+  tags:
+    - topics
+  summary: Delete a topic event
+  description: This operation deletes a single topic event from the topic
+  parameters:
+    - in: path
+      name: tid
+      schema:
+        type: string
+      required: true
+      description: a valid topic id
+      example: 1
+    - in: path
+      name: eventId
+      schema:
+        type: string
+      required: true
+      description: a valid topic event id
+      example: 1
+  responses:
+    '200':
+      description: Topic event successfully deleted
+      content:
+        application/json:
+          schema:
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              status:
+                $ref: ../../../../components/schemas/Status.yaml#/Status
+              response:
+                type: object
+                properties: {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/src/client/topic/posts.js b/public/src/client/topic/posts.js
index 102e353740..c069332fa3 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic/posts.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic/posts.js
@@ -279,8 +279,7 @@ define('forum/topic/posts', [
 		posts.find('[component="post/content"] img:not(.not-responsive)').addClass('img-responsive');
 		Posts.addBlockquoteEllipses(posts);
 		hidePostToolsForDeletedPosts(posts);
-		Posts.addTopicEvents();
-		addNecroPostMessage();
+		addNecroPostMessage(Posts.addTopicEvents);
 	};
 
 	Posts.addTopicEvents = function (events) {
@@ -316,6 +315,7 @@ define('forum/topic/posts', [
 			}
 
 			return new Promise((resolve) => {
+				event.isAdminOrMod = ajaxify.data.privileges.isAdminOrMod;
 				app.parseAndTranslate('partials/topic/event', event, function (html) {
 					html = html.get(0);
 
@@ -333,14 +333,15 @@ define('forum/topic/posts', [
 		});
 	};
 
-	function addNecroPostMessage() {
+	function addNecroPostMessage(callback) {
 		var necroThreshold = ajaxify.data.necroThreshold * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 		if (!necroThreshold || (config.topicPostSort !== 'newest_to_oldest' && config.topicPostSort !== 'oldest_to_newest')) {
-			return;
+			return callback && callback();
 		}
 
-		$('[component="post"]').each(function () {
-			var post = $(this);
+		var postEls = $('[component="post"]').toArray();
+		Promise.all(postEls.map(function (post) {
+			post = $(post);
 			var prev = post.prev('[component="post"]');
 			if (post.is(':has(.necro-post)') || !prev.length) {
 				return;
@@ -350,27 +351,34 @@ define('forum/topic/posts', [
 			}
 
 			var diff = post.attr('data-timestamp') - prev.attr('data-timestamp');
-			if (Math.abs(diff) >= necroThreshold) {
-				var suffixAgo = $.timeago.settings.strings.suffixAgo;
-				var prefixAgo = $.timeago.settings.strings.prefixAgo;
-				var suffixFromNow = $.timeago.settings.strings.suffixFromNow;
-				var prefixFromNow = $.timeago.settings.strings.prefixFromNow;
-
-				$.timeago.settings.strings.suffixAgo = '';
-				$.timeago.settings.strings.prefixAgo = '';
-				$.timeago.settings.strings.suffixFromNow = '';
-				$.timeago.settings.strings.prefixFromNow = '';
-
-				var translationText = (diff > 0 ? '[[topic:timeago_later,' : '[[topic:timeago_earlier,') + $.timeago.inWords(diff) + ']]';
-
-				$.timeago.settings.strings.suffixAgo = suffixAgo;
-				$.timeago.settings.strings.prefixAgo = prefixAgo;
-				$.timeago.settings.strings.suffixFromNow = suffixFromNow;
-				$.timeago.settings.strings.prefixFromNow = prefixFromNow;
-				app.parseAndTranslate('partials/topic/necro-post', { text: translationText }, function (html) {
-					html.insertBefore(post);
-				});
-			}
+			return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+				if (Math.abs(diff) >= necroThreshold) {
+					var suffixAgo = $.timeago.settings.strings.suffixAgo;
+					var prefixAgo = $.timeago.settings.strings.prefixAgo;
+					var suffixFromNow = $.timeago.settings.strings.suffixFromNow;
+					var prefixFromNow = $.timeago.settings.strings.prefixFromNow;
+
+					$.timeago.settings.strings.suffixAgo = '';
+					$.timeago.settings.strings.prefixAgo = '';
+					$.timeago.settings.strings.suffixFromNow = '';
+					$.timeago.settings.strings.prefixFromNow = '';
+
+					var translationText = (diff > 0 ? '[[topic:timeago_later,' : '[[topic:timeago_earlier,') + $.timeago.inWords(diff) + ']]';
+
+					$.timeago.settings.strings.suffixAgo = suffixAgo;
+					$.timeago.settings.strings.prefixAgo = prefixAgo;
+					$.timeago.settings.strings.suffixFromNow = suffixFromNow;
+					$.timeago.settings.strings.prefixFromNow = prefixFromNow;
+					app.parseAndTranslate('partials/topic/necro-post', { text: translationText }, function (html) {
+						html.insertBefore(post);
+						resolve();
+					});
+				} else {
+					resolve();
+				}
+			});
+		})).then(function () {
+			callback && callback();
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/public/src/client/topic/threadTools.js b/public/src/client/topic/threadTools.js
index d0616ec773..1ba9efeae6 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic/threadTools.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic/threadTools.js
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ define('forum/topic/threadTools', [
 			return false;
 		});
 
+		topicContainer.on('click', '[component="topic/event/delete"]', function () {
+			const eventId = $(this).attr('data-topic-event-id');
+			const eventEl = $(this).parents('[component="topic/event"]');
+			api.del(`/topics/${tid}/events/${eventId}`, {})
+				.then(function () {
+					eventEl.remove();
+				})
+				.catch(app.alertError);
+			return false;
+		});
+
 		// todo: should also use topicCommand, but no write api call exists for this yet
 		topicContainer.on('click', '[component="topic/mark-unread"]', function () {
 			socket.emit('topics.markUnread', tid, function (err) {
diff --git a/src/controllers/write/topics.js b/src/controllers/write/topics.js
index 19b3eb3172..3cbef43311 100644
--- a/src/controllers/write/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/write/topics.js
@@ -211,3 +211,11 @@ Topics.getEvents = async (req, res) => {
 
 	helpers.formatApiResponse(200, res, await topics.events.get(req.params.tid));
 };
+
+Topics.deleteEvent = async (req, res) => {
+	if (!await privileges.topics.isAdminOrMod(req.params.tid, req.uid)) {
+		return helpers.formatApiResponse(403, res);
+	}
+	await topics.events.purge(req.params.tid, [req.params.eventId]);
+	helpers.formatApiResponse(200, res);
+};
diff --git a/src/routes/write/topics.js b/src/routes/write/topics.js
index 9f7f009cef..b62124f95b 100644
--- a/src/routes/write/topics.js
+++ b/src/routes/write/topics.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ module.exports = function () {
 	setupApiRoute(router, 'put', '/:tid/thumbs/order', [...middlewares, middleware.checkRequired.bind(null, ['path', 'order'])], controllers.write.topics.reorderThumbs);
 
 	setupApiRoute(router, 'get', '/:tid/events', [middleware.assert.topic], controllers.write.topics.getEvents);
+	setupApiRoute(router, 'delete', '/:tid/events/:eventId', [middleware.assert.topic], controllers.write.topics.deleteEvent);
 
 	return router;
 };
diff --git a/src/topics/events.js b/src/topics/events.js
index 68dc825011..0e9e64182b 100644
--- a/src/topics/events.js
+++ b/src/topics/events.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const _ = require('lodash');
 const db = require('../database');
 const user = require('../user');
 const posts = require('../posts');
+const categories = require('../categories');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
 
 const Events = module.exports;
@@ -42,6 +44,10 @@ Events._types = {
 		icon: 'fa-trash-o',
 		text: '[[topic:restored-by]]',
 	},
+	move: {
+		icon: 'fa-arrow-circle-right',
+		// text: '[[topic:moved-from-by]]',
+	},
 	'post-queue': {
 		icon: 'fa-history',
 		text: '[[topic:queued-by]]',
@@ -83,6 +89,12 @@ async function getUserInfo(uids) {
 	return userMap;
 }
 
+async function getCategoryInfo(cids) {
+	const uniqCids = _.uniq(cids);
+	const catData = await categories.getCategoriesFields(uniqCids, ['name', 'slug', 'icon', 'color', 'bgColor']);
+	return _.zipObject(uniqCids, catData);
+}
+
 async function modifyEvent({ tid, uid, eventIds, timestamps, events }) {
 	// Add posts from post queue
 	const isPrivileged = await user.isPrivileged(uid);
@@ -98,7 +110,10 @@ async function modifyEvent({ tid, uid, eventIds, timestamps, events }) {
 		});
 	}
 
-	const users = await getUserInfo(events.map(event => event.uid).filter(Boolean));
+	const [users, fromCategories] = await Promise.all([
+		getUserInfo(events.map(event => event.uid).filter(Boolean)),
+		getCategoryInfo(events.map(event => event.fromCid).filter(Boolean)),
+	]);
 
 	// Remove events whose types no longer exist (e.g. plugin uninstalled)
 	events = events.filter(event => Events._types.hasOwnProperty(event.type));
@@ -111,6 +126,10 @@ async function modifyEvent({ tid, uid, eventIds, timestamps, events }) {
 		if (event.hasOwnProperty('uid')) {
 			event.user = users.get(event.uid === 'system' ? 'system' : parseInt(event.uid, 10));
 		}
+		if (event.hasOwnProperty('fromCid')) {
+			event.fromCategory = fromCategories[event.fromCid];
+			event.text = `[[topic:moved-from-by, ${event.fromCategory.name}]]`;
+		}
 
 		Object.assign(event, Events._types[event.type]);
 	});
@@ -149,11 +168,19 @@ Events.log = async (tid, payload) => {
 	return events;
 };
 
-Events.purge = async (tid) => {
-	// Should only be called on topic purge
-	const keys = [`topic:${tid}:events`];
-	const eventIds = await db.getSortedSetRange(keys[0], 0, -1);
-	keys.push(...eventIds.map(id => `topicEvent:${id}`));
-
-	await db.deleteAll(keys);
+Events.purge = async (tid, eventIds = []) => {
+	if (eventIds.length) {
+		const isTopicEvent = await db.isSortedSetMembers(`topic:${tid}:events`, eventIds);
+		eventIds = eventIds.filter((id, index) => isTopicEvent[index]);
+		await Promise.all([
+			db.sortedSetRemove(`topic:${tid}:events`, eventIds),
+			db.deleteAll(eventIds.map(id => `topicEvent:${id}`)),
+		]);
+	} else {
+		const keys = [`topic:${tid}:events`];
+		const eventIds = await db.getSortedSetRange(keys[0], 0, -1);
+		keys.push(...eventIds.map(id => `topicEvent:${id}`));
+
+		await db.deleteAll(keys);
+	}
 };
diff --git a/src/topics/tools.js b/src/topics/tools.js
index 5bc7554407..1fe032fe13 100644
--- a/src/topics/tools.js
+++ b/src/topics/tools.js
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 				oldCid: oldCid,
 			}),
 			Topics.updateCategoryTagsCount([oldCid, cid], tags),
+			Topics.events.log(tid, { type: 'move', uid: data.uid, fromCid: oldCid }),
 		]);
 		const hookData = _.clone(data);
 		hookData.fromCid = oldCid;