Inspiring

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Why can't I edit or delete a post in the forums after I make one?

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
March 29, 2021
6 replies
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Sorry, I don't know where to ask this. This seems to be the only forum not tied to a product.

Everytime I post in the forums, the ...More link to edit or delete is greyed out for me. (see pic) That box doesn't expand. How do I fix this? I'm logged in. It's the same on Safari or Brave.

New user

Correct answer John T Smith

Moved to Using the Community

To find a forum for your program please start at https://community.adobe.com/

The exact combination is a secret, but new users are not allowed to edit a message until they have 'proven' themselves as real, not spammers

Only employees may delete a message

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Red Point

Inspiring

Seems like I cannot delete my own posts any longer. Why?

kglad

Community Expert

users can't delete posts. community experts and employees can move posts, but others cannot.

Ivan Zajats

Inspiring

The forum is such a mess... I'm surprised they haven't closed the topic as "solved" yet 🙂

as with some of my requests (the quoting bug, for instance)

Simavo Smith

Participant

Only employees may delete or edit a post in the forum. Why do you want to delete or edit? Milestoneapply.com

ironchef_marc

Inspiring

We are talking about editing / deleting a post that a user created. Not delete or edit any post!

Typos, important info missing etc. lots of reason to edit a post. Delete when it's no longer relevant or you realize it was a dumb question. Keeps the clutter down in that case.

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Treviso1996

Known Participant

Not for many years. And spammers are getting more and more devious, setting up accounts and posting a few messages to establish their reputation before coming in with the spam. Blocking editing stops them from coming back later and modifying their old posts to add spam.Trolls can also use editing to make replies look stupid or malicious. I hate spam very much and feel it's a price worth paying. I can edit, but I don't know how many tens of thousands of messages it took to earn that.

Tens of thousands of posts?! Haha! I've only posted 28 times in 14 years!

Daniel Klapdor

Participant

This is so stupid..

ironchef_marc

Inspiring

Indeed, never seen that in a forum

I've posted 98 messages in 8 years still considered a newbie?

Peru Bob

Community Expert

If you want a post edited or deleted, post a link to it here with an expanation and a moderator may edit it for you.

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IrvW

Participating Frequently

I have a post with an image of an error report that has a personal e-mail in it. Can the image be removed?

kglad

Community Expert

@IrvW

done

John T Smith

Correct answer

Community Expert

Moved to Using the Community

To find a forum for your program please start at https://community.adobe.com/

The exact combination is a secret, but new users are not allowed to edit a message until they have 'proven' themselves as real, not spammers

Only employees may delete a message

S

stevens70907226Author

Inspiring

Thanks. I made a few typos and wanted to correct them and was surprised I couldn't. I thought it might be a setting I couldn't find, but now I understand why.

Cheers,

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