# How does one delete posts they made a few years ago?

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**Created:** [January 11, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-delete-posts-they-made-a-few-years-ago/742785 "2016-01-11T04:30:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scharzcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@Scharzcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scharzcha)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-delete-posts-they-made-a-few-years-ago/742785/1 "2016-01-11T04:30:24Z")

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That and or edit them on here? That or even just delete everything from the site to wipe any existence of my 15 year old self off of here and start over with a new account lol!

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-delete-posts-they-made-a-few-years-ago/742785/2 "2016-01-11T04:32:35Z")

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It cant be done.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-delete-posts-they-made-a-few-years-ago/742785/3 "2016-01-11T04:36:29Z")

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We don’t delete posts except in exceptional circumstances (other than spam and trolling). You can’t edit your own posts after five minutes.

I don’t see anything you’ve posted here before being something you need to be worried about.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-delete-posts-they-made-a-few-years-ago/742785/4 "2016-01-11T04:40:36Z")

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Since you’ve [raised this question before and been answered](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=745107), I’m closing this.

**Scharzcha** , don’t keep asking the same question over and over, and don’t bump old threads.