# Un-report a post **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 21, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-report-a-post/1001853 "2024-05-21T08:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-report-a-post/1001853/1 "2024-05-21T08:53:10Z")
I just flagged a post for moderation, but afterwards realized I was being a bit precious and wanted to take it back. But it seems that what has been flagged cannot be unflagged… ---
**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:** [May 21, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-report-a-post/1001853/2 "2024-05-21T10:50:47Z")
Just flag it again and explain what happened. The same people that get the flag report will get your subsequent report as well. At least that’s what I’ve always done. Similarly, I’ve flagged or reported posts/threads just to give the mods a heads up about something. Flagging a post doesn’t do anything automatically\*. Think of it more like a PM to a mod that includes a link to the post. You could PM the mods to explain it, but that seems like more work than it’s worth. Another option, if you’ve posted to the thread in question, is to flag one of your own posts and explain the situation. \*Unless enough people do it, then I think the software is set up to automatically hide or lock the thread until a mod can review it. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-report-a-post/1001853/3 "2024-05-21T10:56:01Z")
Thanks, but I can’t reflag a post; for me that option disappears. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-report-a-post/1001853/4 "2024-05-21T11:20:21Z")
I forgot about that. Flag your own post or someone else’s or scroll down to the bottom and flag the thread and use that to explain what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-report-a-post/1001853/5 "2024-05-21T11:48:42Z")
Your flag is a message sent to the moderators. You can find it in your profile, and reply to it. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-report-a-post/1001853/6 "2024-05-21T14:33:11Z")
Yeah, your flag starts a message thread visible to you and the moderators (though the moderators can make it private to moderators only.) Usually a moderator replies to it eventually, sometimes with a form message, sometimes otherwise; you can reply to that reply, which will show up in your notifications. Or you can go to your profile, and look in your messages; as @Pleonast said. So I don’t think you can unflag it exactly; but you can explain that you’d like to. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-report-a-post/1001853/7 "2024-05-21T14:45:10Z")
Yes. I have had discussions after a flag with moderator. Your flag may illicit no more than a “we’re looking into it” message back. Don’t worry about it. They get junk flags all the time, I’ll bet. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-report-a-post/1001853/8 "2024-05-21T15:53:30Z")
Thanks, yes as soon as I got the email message I replied saying I’d prefer to take it back 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-report-a-post/1001853/9 "2024-05-21T17:01:40Z")
Is there a way to un-post a thread about un-reporting a post? I’d open another thread to ask but that could start an endless chain of threads on un-doing. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-report-a-post/1001853/10 "2024-05-21T17:38:05Z")
I believe there’s no way to delete posts. They can be emptied of content, within a time period. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-report-a-post/1001853/11 "2024-05-21T17:39:15Z")
Threads can be corn-fielded. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-report-a-post/1001853/12 "2024-06-03T22:30:15Z")
Corn-fielded into forums only seen by moderators…but never deleted.