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# Edit or delete a message
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!!! warn ""
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**Note:** Editing message topic is discussed in a
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[separate guide](/help/rename-a-topic).
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By default, Zulip allows you to edit the content of your messages within 10
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minutes of when you send them. Organization administrators can
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[change the time limit](/help/restrict-message-editing-and-deletion),
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remove the time limit, or remove the ability to edit messages entirely.
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Administrators can delete other users' messages, but can never edit the
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content.
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## Edit a message
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{start_tabs}
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{!message-actions.md!}
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1. Click the **pencil** (<i class="fa fa-pencil"></i>) icon.
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1. Edit the message, and click **Save**.
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!!! warn ""
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**Note:** If you don't see the **pencil** (<i class="fa fa-pencil"></i>) icon,
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you are not permitted to edit this message.
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{end_tabs}
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!!! tip ""
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After you have edited a message, the message is publicly
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marked as **EDITED**. You can
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[view a message's edit history](/help/view-a-messages-edit-history)
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if it is [enabled](/help/disable-message-edit-history) in your organization.
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## Delete a message
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Editing a message to delete its content will cause the message to be
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displayed as **(deleted)**. The original sender and timestamp of the
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message will still be displayed, and the original content of the
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message is still accessible via Zulip's [edit
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history](/help/view-a-messages-edit-history) feature. This can be the
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least confusing option for other users.
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### Delete a message completely
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For cases where someone accidentally shared secret information publicly
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(e.g. you posted an employee's salary), it can make sense to delete a
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message completely.
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By default, only administrators can delete messages, though this can be
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[configured](/help/restrict-message-editing-and-deletion) by an organization
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administrator.
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{start_tabs}
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{!message-actions-menu.md!}
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1. Select **Delete message**.
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1. Approve by clicking **Confirm**.
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{end_tabs}
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If you don't see the **Delete message** option, it means you don't have
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permissions to delete that message.
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## How deletion works
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* Deleted messages will immediately disappear from the UI in all
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official Zulip clients.
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* Any uploaded files referenced only by deleted messages will also be
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immediately inaccessible (An uploaded file shared in multiple
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messages will not be deleted until all of those messages are
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deleted).
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* It's important to understand that anyone who received the message
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before you deleted it could have made a copy of its content. Even if
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no one is online when you send the message, users may have received
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the message via email or mobile notifications. So if you
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accidentally shared secret information that you can change, like a
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password, you may want to change that password regardless of whether
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you also delete the message.
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* For protection against accidental or immediately regretted
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deletions, messages deleted directly or via a [message retention
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policy](/help/message-retention-policy) are archived for 30 days in a
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format that can be restored by a server administrator. After that
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time, they are permanently and irrecoverably deleted from the Zulip
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server. Server administrators can adjust the archival time using
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the `ARCHIVED_DATA_VACUUMING_DELAY_DAYS` setting.
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## Related articles
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* [View the Markdown source of a message](/help/view-the-markdown-source-of-a-message)
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* [Delete a topic](/help/delete-a-topic)
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* [Archive a stream](/help/archive-a-stream)
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* [Message retention policy](/help/message-retention-policy)
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* [Restrict message editing and deletion](/help/restrict-message-editing-and-deletion)
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