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Deleting posts and comments other people made

How an app admin removes a post or comment that someone else posted.

Written by Cyril Fluck

A social feed page is a collaborative space, so now and then something gets posted that you would rather was not there — an autocorrect disaster, a photo that does not belong. As an app admin you can remove any post or comment, whoever wrote it.

This applies to Social Feed, Announcements and Crowd Pics pages.

Two screens of Yapp on iOS. The first shows a list of social feed posts with the three dots menu highlighted on the first post. The second shows the menu that slides up from the bottom, offering to delete the post.

From your phone or tablet

Make sure you are logged in as the account owner or a team member, then:

  1. Tap the three dots menu on the post or comment.

  2. Tap Delete.

  3. Confirm. The post disappears from everybody else's app the next time they open that page.

On a grid layout, the three dots are in the top right of the photo.

The same menu also offers a broadcast option, which turns a post into a push notification to everyone.

From the Editor

You can also do this at a desk. Open the post in the Editor and use the trash can icon, or the three dots menu next to a comment. See Social Feed moderation, which also covers approving posts before they appear and removing somebody from your app entirely.

Approving posts instead of removing them

If you would rather check posts before anybody sees them, Team plan apps can hold them for approval. That is in Social Feed moderation.

Deleting something you posted yourself

Anybody can remove their own posts and comments, admin or not — see editing and deleting your own posts and comments.

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