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Why cant you delete messages here?

fisk1234ost
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The_1st_Dark_Lord_Morgoth
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Hey there! So the forums don't really have a feature to delete posts, but from what I've seen, a lot of users edit out their posts leave them blank, or state that their issue was resolved. 

Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The force shall free me.

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Yeah, it's really to prevent conversations that may have been contributed to by other people being deleted leaving threads that are confusing or misleading as a result. It's common practice for forums to restrict the ability to delete to mods for that reason. Editing comments and deleting text that way is ok as people can see the conversation has been edited.

Or you can leave comment in the thread asking a mod to delete the thread or comment and they will if it doesn't mess up a conversation too much, you may need to tag someone (type @ followed by their username) to be sure they notice your request.

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The_1st_Dark_Lord_Morgoth
Retired Support

Hey there! So the forums don't really have a feature to delete posts, but from what I've seen, a lot of users edit out their posts leave them blank, or state that their issue was resolved. 

Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The force shall free me.

Yeah, it's really to prevent conversations that may have been contributed to by other people being deleted leaving threads that are confusing or misleading as a result. It's common practice for forums to restrict the ability to delete to mods for that reason. Editing comments and deleting text that way is ok as people can see the conversation has been edited.

Or you can leave comment in the thread asking a mod to delete the thread or comment and they will if it doesn't mess up a conversation too much, you may need to tag someone (type @ followed by their username) to be sure they notice your request.

13700K, RTX 4070 Ti, Asus ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming, Corsair H150i Capellix, 64GB Corsair Vengence DDR5, Corsair 5000D Airflow, 4TB Samsung 870 , 2TB Samsung 990 Pro x 2, DK2, CV1, Rift-S, Quest, 2, 3, Pro, Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (10.0.26100)