OK - I give up - how do I delete one of my posts???

[RodKirby]

Under "Edit" I am not given a "Delete" option

[p8ntblr]

You can't. If I remember correctly Sam said it's the way vbulletin is designed. You need to ask a mod to do it. I'm not sure why they put the button there at all. Just a big tease

[RickLab]

Maybe you can at least edit the title so nobody will reply to that one.

[p8ntblr]

Maybe you can at least edit the title so nobody will reply to that one.

Don't think you can do that either.

[Perfidiajoe]

I believe you can edit (change it ) to something you want to post

[Stytooner]

I know there are different levels of access that the Boss can implement and on different areas of the forum.
As a lower level Mod, I can delete stuff from some forums, but not others. It may be that the ones I can delete in are typical trouble zones, but sometimes spammers hit my non covered forums and the Uber Mods must then take the action.
I imagine that allowing the delete function for all might also allow other options that Sam didn't want to let out.
What I have done in the past on other forums is to make a post stating this thread is a duplicate. Mod's please delete.
That seems to work okay.

[Ed62]

I have deleted 2 or 3 posts by going to "Edit", then "Advanced". There I was given the option to delete the post. But I seem to remember a time when I didn't get that option.

Ed

[RodKirby]

Interesting - looks like the delete option doesn't remain after some time...

I was able to see it on a new message, but the option doesn't appear on an "old" message.

Hmmmm...

[LarryG]

Rod, IINM, you can delete a message as long as no one else has replied "under" it. At that point the thread would get broken if an "out in the middle" post was deleted, so I presume this is why the Delete button goes away.

[JR]

What Larry said.

I just tried it on my BT3K DC thread. I can't delete the thread starter, but I can delete my responses to my own thread.

JR

[TheRic]

Select "Edit"
select "Go Advance"
select "Delete Message"
hit "Delete this Message" button

Works for me, I'm not a mod or have special priv (at least none I know about).

Just checked to see if I could delete my first post in this thread (between Ed & Rod) it showed me the delete option.

I quoted my original post, now I'll see if I can (still) delete it.

[Thom2]

This should be how it works:

1.) if you are the thread starter AND there are NO replies yet, you CAN delete the entire thread.

2.) even if you are the starter of the thread, if there ARE replies, you CANNOT delete the thread

3.) you should be able to delete any of your replies to a thread

[TheRic]

Well I got rid of the message. It WAS #8, it moved all the rest up one. So having a post after, and having a post quoted does not keep you from deleting your own post. Must be some kind of time issue.

Seems I remember a conversation a while back that you can't delete a thread.

Rod: Are you talking about a post in the middle or the start of a new thread?

[TheRic]

This should be how it works:

1.) if you are the thread starter AND there are NO replies yet, you CAN delete the entire thread.

2.) even if you are the starter of the thread, if there ARE replies, you CANNOT delete the thread

3.) you should be able to delete any of your replies to a thread

Well that makes sense. I would have thought that once a message was quoted it could not be deleted. Deleting a post after people have quoted it would make for some interesting reading.

[Black wallnut]

This should be how it works:

1.) if you are the thread starter AND there are NO replies yet, you CAN delete the entire thread.

2.) even if you are the starter of the thread, if there ARE replies, you CANNOT delete the thread

3.) you should be able to delete any of your replies to a thread

But the super mod(s) can delete anything!