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# Edit or delete a message
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!!! warn ""
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**Note:** Editing topic titles is discussed in a
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**Note:** Editing message topic is discussed in a
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[separate guide](/help/change-the-topic-of-a-message).
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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 change the
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time limit, remove the time limit, or remove the ability to edit messages
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entirely.
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minutes of when you send them. Organization administrators can
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[change the time limit](/help/configure-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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2. After making the changes to your message in the message editing box, click
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the **Save** button to save the changes you made to your message.
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1. Edit the message, and click **Save**.
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{end_tabs}
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!!! warn ""
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**Note:** After you have edited a message, the message is publicly marked as
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edit history, assuming that feature has not been
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[disabled by an organization administrator](/help/disable-message-edit-history).
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## Message editing time limit
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If you don't see the pencil (<i class="fa fa-pencil"></i>) icon, the message content
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can no longer be edited. You should see a file (<i class="fa fa-file-text-o"></i>)
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icon instead. Clicking the file icon will allow you to view the
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[Markdown source](/help/view-the-markdown-source-of-a-message) of the message, or
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[edit the topic](/help/change-the-topic-of-a-message).
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Depending on your organization settings, Zulip may be configured with a time
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limit within which you may edit a message (e.g. 10 minutes). As soon as that
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limit has passed, the pencil (<i class="fa fa-pencil"></i>) icon
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changes to a file (<i class="fa fa-file-text-o"></i>) icon.
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## Delete a message
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!!! tip ""
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Clicking on the file (<i class="fa fa-file-text-o"></i>) icon will allow you to
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view the [Markdown source](/help/view-the-markdown-source-of-a-message) or
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[change the topic](/help/change-the-topic-of-a-message) of your message.
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## Deleting messages
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If you wish you hadn't sent a message at all, deleting the content
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of the message 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 history feature. This
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can be the least confusing option for other users.
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Deleting the content of a message will cause the message to be displayed as
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`(deleted)`. The original sender and timestamp of the message will still be
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displayed, and the original content of the message is still accessible via
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Zulip's edit history feature. This can be the least confusing option for
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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, so that the original content is not available in the
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message's edit history.
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message completely.
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Organization administrators can always delete any message. By default,
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non-admins cannot delete messages (including their own), though this can be
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changed by an organization administrator.
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By default, only administrators can delete messages, though this can be
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[configured](/help/configure-message-editing-and-deletion) by an organization
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administrator.
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To delete a message:
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{start_tabs}
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{!message-actions-menu.md!}
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2. Select the **Delete message** option from the dropdown to delete that message.
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1. Select **Delete message**.
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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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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. 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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It's important to understand that anyone who received the message before you
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deleted it could have made a copy of its content. Even if no one is online
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when you send the message, users may have received the message via email or
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mobile notifications. So if you accidentally shared secret information that
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you can change, like a password, you may want to change that password
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regardless of whether you also delete the message.
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