# Testing edit function

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 19, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613 "2007-01-19T20:04:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/21 "2007-01-22T13:35:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Peter Morris]  
Strange, less than five minutes after I posted the edit button has gone. Is the edit a one-time only feature?  
[inserted text after 4 minutes]  
[/QUOTE]  
You have five minutes, 5 minutes, 300 seconds from the time you hit the send button to edit your posting.

If you’re the original poster in a thread you also have five minutes to edit the thread title.

After five minutes the edit function goes away.

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**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/22 "2007-01-22T13:39:29Z")

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OK, I’ve got to try this out.

Does it work??

Yes, it does. Cool.

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