# How do you "delete a post"? {Posters cannot}

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**Created:** [December 18, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-delete-a-post-posters-cannot/956284 "2021-12-18T15:51:27Z")\
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Is there no longer a way to delete a post immediately after hitting Reply by mistake? I thought we used to be able to within some small number of minutes.

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