Remove a single comment or all comments from a piece of content using the delete action.
Sections in this article:
- Considerations and caveats
- How to delete a single comment
- How to delete all comments from a piece of content (excluding Microblogs)
Considerations and caveats
Who can delete comments
- Members who have Full Access to the content.
- Authors of comments made on tasks.
- Workplace administrators.
- Space administrators, but only in their Space.
Permanent action
Deleting a comment also deletes any comments that were replies to it. It is not possible to restore deleted comments.
Moderation
While comment moderators are not able to remove posted comments, rejecting a comment that is in moderation results in its deletion.
Notifications
Deleting a comment does not send a notification to the comment's author.
How to delete a single comment
- Go to the content that has the comment.
- For Microblogs, comment options are not accessible from the Microblog Posts widget or Microblog channel; you must go to the post itself. To get to the post from a Microblog Posts widget or Microblog channel, select
Action next to the post, and select View Post.
- For Microblogs, comment options are not accessible from the Microblog Posts widget or Microblog channel; you must go to the post itself. To get to the post from a Microblog Posts widget or Microblog channel, select
- Scroll down to the comments section and find the comment.
- Select
Action, and select Delete.
- In the confirmation window, select Ok to delete the comment.
How to delete all comments from a piece of content (excluding Microblogs)
- Go to the content that has the comment.
- Scroll down to the comments section and find the comment.
- Select the Options button found above the WYSIWYG editor and select Delete all comments.
- In the confirmation window, select Ok.