# 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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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-delete-a-post-posters-cannot/956284/2 "2021-12-18T15:55:18Z")

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> [@Has the "delete post" function been removed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-delete-post-function-been-removed/956176):
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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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