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# Edit or delete a message
!!! warn ""
**Note:** Editing topic titles is discussed in a
**Note:** Editing message topic is discussed in a
[separate guide](/help/change-the-topic-of-a-message).
By default, Zulip allows you to edit the content of your messages within 10
minutes of when you send them. Organization administrators can change the
time limit, remove the time limit, or remove the ability to edit messages
entirely.
minutes of when you send them. Organization administrators can
[change the time limit](/help/configure-message-editing-and-deletion),
remove the time limit, or remove the ability to edit messages entirely.
Administrators can delete other users' messages, but can never edit the
content.
## Edit a message
{start_tabs}
{!message-actions.md!}
1. Click the pencil (<i class="fa fa-pencil"></i>) icon.
2. After making the changes to your message in the message editing box, click
the **Save** button to save the changes you made to your message.
1. Edit the message, and click **Save**.
{end_tabs}
!!! warn ""
**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
[disabled by an organization administrator](/help/disable-message-edit-history).
## Message editing time limit
If you don't see the pencil (<i class="fa fa-pencil"></i>) icon, the message content
can no longer be edited. You should see a file (<i class="fa fa-file-text-o"></i>)
icon instead. Clicking the file icon will allow you to view the
[Markdown source](/help/view-the-markdown-source-of-a-message) of the message, or
[edit the topic](/help/change-the-topic-of-a-message).
Depending on your organization settings, Zulip may be configured with a time
limit within which you may edit a message (e.g. 10 minutes). As soon as that
limit has passed, the pencil (<i class="fa fa-pencil"></i>) icon
changes to a file (<i class="fa fa-file-text-o"></i>) icon.
## Delete a message
!!! tip ""
Clicking on the file (<i class="fa fa-file-text-o"></i>) icon will allow you to
view the [Markdown source](/help/view-the-markdown-source-of-a-message) or
[change the topic](/help/change-the-topic-of-a-message) of your message.
## Deleting messages
If you wish you hadn't sent a message at all, deleting the content
of the message will cause the message to be
displayed as `(deleted)`. The original sender and timestamp of the
message will still be displayed, and the original content of the
message is still accessible via Zulip's edit history feature. This
can be the least confusing option for other users.
Deleting the content of a message will cause the message to be displayed as
`(deleted)`. The original sender and timestamp of the message will still be
displayed, and the original content of the message is still accessible via
Zulip's edit history feature. This can be the least confusing option for
other users.
### Delete a message completely
For cases where someone accidentally shared secret information publicly
(e.g. you posted an employee's salary), it can make sense to delete a
message completely, so that the original content is not available in the
message's edit history.
message completely.
Organization administrators can always delete any message. By default,
non-admins cannot delete messages (including their own), though this can be
changed by an organization administrator.
By default, only administrators can delete messages, though this can be
[configured](/help/configure-message-editing-and-deletion) by an organization
administrator.
To delete a message:
{start_tabs}
{!message-actions-menu.md!}
2. Select the **Delete message** option from the dropdown to delete that message.
1. Select **Delete message**.
{end_tabs}
If you don't see the **Delete message** option, it means you don't have
permissions to delete that message.
It's important to understand that anyone who received the message
before you deleted it could have made a copy of its content. So if you
accidentally shared secret information that you can change, like a
password, you may want to change that password regardless of whether
you also delete the message.
It's important to understand that anyone who received the message before you
deleted it could have made a copy of its content. Even if no one is online
when you send the message, users may have received the message via email or
mobile notifications. So if you accidentally shared secret information that
you can change, like a password, you may want to change that password
regardless of whether you also delete the message.