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Deleting a comment (topic view)

You can delete one or more comments from a topic.

Before you begin

You must have the appropriate group permissions, which govern the actions that you can perform in commenting.

About this task

You can delete a comment from within the topic, or from the comment table (Comments).

Procedure

  1. With a topic open, display the Comments pane:
    1. If the Comments pane is not visible, click the show/hide (Eye) button in the header to make it visible.
    2. Optionally, click the Show referenced text (T) button to show the content referenced by that comment.
    3. If you are in Publication Manager, click View > Comments.
  2. Hover over the comment that you want to delete, and then click the Delete (trash can) button on the right side of the initial comment.
  3. In response to the Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Deleting this comment will also delete all of its replies confirmation pop-up message, click Delete.
    The comment and any replies are removed from the topic. The Comments indicator (located above the Comments pane), decrements accordingly.