# Is there a way to mark a private message "unread" after reading it? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 22, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-mark-a-private-message-unread-after-reading-it/807165 "2018-01-22T00:20:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-mark-a-private-message-unread-after-reading-it/807165/1 "2018-01-22T00:20:38Z")
Sometimes I’ll get a PM but not want to reply to it right away. But once I’ve read it, it is marked as read, and I’m likely to forget about it. I’d like to “mark unread” like most email clients let you do. Can that work with SDMB private messages? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-mark-a-private-message-unread-after-reading-it/807165/2 "2018-01-22T00:32:24Z")
When viewing your list of PMs, you can select one or multiple messages using a checkbox to the far right of each listed message. Then, at the bottom of the page, there’s a pulldown menu for what to do with the selected messages. One of these is to Mark As Unread. Choose that and click Go. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-mark-a-private-message-unread-after-reading-it/807165/3 "2018-01-22T20:03:32Z")
Got it! Thanks a bunch…