# Has the "delete post" function been removed?

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**Created:** [December 16, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-delete-post-function-been-removed/956176 "2021-12-16T21:06:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-delete-post-function-been-removed/956176/1 "2021-12-16T21:06:37Z")

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I recently posted something, decided I wanted to think more on it and tried to delete my post. It was a function that used to be there. Now it seems to be gone.

I had to edit my post saying I deleted it.

Is there a reason this was removed? Is the board better in a way I do not know without a delete function? (even the delete function was restricted to one per day IIRC)

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-delete-post-function-been-removed/956176/2 "2021-12-16T21:16:24Z")

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The Delete function was broken. You could delete posts from years ago. (Though only 1 per day). This was against SDMB policy and history. See the [ATMB thread here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombies-wake-up-to-delete-zombies-which-wakes-them-huh/955982):

Also I’m moving the thread to ATMB.

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-delete-post-function-been-removed/956176/3 "2021-12-16T21:16:26Z")

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This thread will help:

> [@Zombies wake up to delete zombies, which wakes them. Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombies-wake-up-to-delete-zombies-which-wakes-them-huh/955982):
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> I’ve noticed a few old posts that suddenly jumped to the top of FQ for no reason and after a bit of digging, realized that they were bumped because the second post in each was deleted. Stranger still, the message is replaced with “(post deleted by author)”, yet neither author has posted in years. One of the deleted posts was visible in the Internet Archive and seems perfectly innocuous. So zombie posters are deleting zombie posts which bumps said zombie threads. Is that intentional and is it re…