# How to you "withdraw a post"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-you-withdraw-a-post/940807>\
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**Created:** [April 26, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-you-withdraw-a-post/940807 "2021-04-26T19:47:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-you-withdraw-a-post/940807/1 "2021-04-26T19:47:27Z")

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Sometimes I see a blank entry with “Post withdrawn by author”

How do you do that? I’ve blanked posts by deleting the text with the edit function, but I never get to withdraw a post, which seems much more dramatic.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-you-withdraw-a-post/940807/3 "2021-04-26T19:56:05Z")

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Click on the three dots and then click on the garbage can.

Edit, and it’s nice to see they changed the time to 24 hours.

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**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-you-withdraw-a-post/940807/5 "2021-04-26T21:03:34Z")

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(post withdrawn by author, will be automatically deleted in 24 hours unless flagged)

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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:** [April 26, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-you-withdraw-a-post/940807/6 "2021-04-26T21:35:56Z")

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(post not withdrawn by author, will not be automatically deleted in 24 hours unless flogged)

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-you-withdraw-a-post/940807/7 "2021-04-26T21:41:42Z")

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That was cheating.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-you-withdraw-a-post/940807/8 "2021-04-26T21:47:56Z")

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well, if it has a pic of a dead horse…

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-you-withdraw-a-post/940807/9 "2021-04-26T21:49:44Z")

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Hmm, turns out you can’t delete more than 1(?) post in 24 hours. It says it’s deleted, but when I come back, it’s still here.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-you-withdraw-a-post/940807/10 "2021-04-27T00:19:46Z")

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Yes; use your power to erase history wisely Grasshopper, for it is fleeting.