topic How do you delete a post? in All Things Community

How do you delete a post?

dgritt — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:36:54 GMT

I see an edit option, but no delete. I see the option for the main post, but not a reply.

Re: How do you delete a post?

Reeza — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:38:11 GMT

I believe once there are responses you cannot delete a thread. This was because users were posting questions, getting answers and then choosing to delete the entire thread because it was homework. Some still do this, choosing to simply delete all the contents from the question, which is why newbies get their questions fully quoted in my responses.

Re: How do you delete a post?

dgritt — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:42:40 GMT

Thanks. I see the reason in disabling it for those issues, but I also see reason to allow the deletion. I just edited to leave my response blank, which, to me, seems more tacky than deletion, but it's the only option available. Maybe SAS needs to implement a voting option to allow follow-up responders to allow the removal.

Re: How do you delete a post?

Reeza — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:44:19 GMT

If it's something you really want deleted you can ask @ChrisHemedinger or someone on the SAS forum administration team to delete it.

Re: How do you delete a post?

ShelleySessoms — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:43:54 GMT

Hi @dgritt,

Send me a PM and let me know which question this refers to. I'll help you out.

Thanks,

Shelley

Re: How do you delete a post?

dgritt — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:09:48 GMT

Thanks @ShelleySessoms - I sent a PM to @ChrisHemedinger and he helped me out.