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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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[separate guide](/help/change-the-topic-of-a-message). Additionally, Zulip
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messages cannot be deleted, but they can be edited so that their contents
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are blank.
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Zulip allows you to easily edit the contents of your messages after they have
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been posted.
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{!message-actions.md!} pencil (<i class="icon-vector-pencil"></i>) icon
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to reveal a message editing box.
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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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!!! warn ""
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**Note:** After you have edited a message, the message is publicly marked as
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`(EDITED)`. You can [view](/help/view-a-messages-edit-history) a message's
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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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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="icon-vector-pencil"></i>) icon
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changes to a file (<i class="icon-vector-file-text-alt"></i>) icon.
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!!! tip ""
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Clicking on (<i class="icon-vector-file-text-alt"></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 in the editing UI** 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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### Delete a message completely
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For cases where someone accidentally shared secret information
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publicly (e.g. you posted an employee's salary), one can completely
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delete a message from Zulip by following the instructions below.
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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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{!admin-only.md!}
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{!message-actions.md!}
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{!down-chevron.md!}
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2. Select the **Delete message** option from the dropdown to delete that message.
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