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Sometimes inappropriate posts will be made on forums. A post can include inappropriate content or is just spam. You can delete whatever posts you like with two methods:
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There are two ways to delete posts:


====Deleting Individual Posts====
===Deleting an Individual Post===
To delete posts one at a time, go to the [[Post]] that is to be deleted and click on the button that says "Remove" located to the right of the title of each post. You can also remove an entire topic including all of the replies by going to the bottom of the topic and clicking on the "Remove Topic" button.


====Deleting Multiple Posts====
To delete an individual post, locate the post in question and click the "Remove" button located on the top right.
Before you're able to delete multiple posts at the same time, you'll have to enable checkboxes. Follow the directions below to enable checkboxes.


Profile > [[Look and Layout Preferences]]
===Deleting Multiple Posts===


To the right of ''Show quick-moderation on [[Message index]] as'', you'll see a drop-down box. Select the box and select on the option that says ''checkboxes''. Now, go to the posts to be deleted and check the box in the upper-righthand corner of each [[Post]] that you wish to delete. Upon checking the box on each individual post, scroll down to the bottom of the thread and select the button that says ''Delete Selected''.
In order to delete multiple posts at the same time, you first need to enable checkboxes for quick moderation. Go to ''Profile > Modify Profile > [[Profile#Look and Layout|Look and Layout]]''. To the right of ''Show quick-moderation as'', you will see a drop-down box. Select the ''checkboxes'' option here.  


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Now, go to the posts to be deleted and check the box in the upper-right hand corner of each post that you wish to delete. Then scroll down to the bottom of the topic and click on the button ''Delete Selected''.
 
===Deleting Topics===
 
You can remove an entire topic, including all of the replies, by going to the bottom of the topic and clicking on the "Remove Topic" button.
 
===Restoring Deleted Posts and Topics===
 
Deleted posts and topics can only be restored if a [[Creating_a_recycle_board|recycle board]] has been created. Moderators should ask their forum administrator whether a recycle bin has been enabled.
 
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Latest revision as of 13:51, 30 May 2015

There are two ways to delete posts:

Deleting an Individual Post

To delete an individual post, locate the post in question and click the "Remove" button located on the top right.

Deleting Multiple Posts

In order to delete multiple posts at the same time, you first need to enable checkboxes for quick moderation. Go to Profile > Modify Profile > Look and Layout. To the right of Show quick-moderation as, you will see a drop-down box. Select the checkboxes option here.

Now, go to the posts to be deleted and check the box in the upper-right hand corner of each post that you wish to delete. Then scroll down to the bottom of the topic and click on the button Delete Selected.

Deleting Topics

You can remove an entire topic, including all of the replies, by going to the bottom of the topic and clicking on the "Remove Topic" button.

Restoring Deleted Posts and Topics

Deleted posts and topics can only be restored if a recycle board has been created. Moderators should ask their forum administrator whether a recycle bin has been enabled.



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