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Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles.

Note: You cannot delete an individual forum message. You can, however, revise the message and remove its contents. Also, you can delete the forum or topic entirely, which will remove any associated messages.

Revising a forum or topic

To revise a forum, a topic, or the default template for newly created forums and topics, follow these steps:

1. In your site's menubar, click Forums, and then click to choose one of the following:
   • Template Settings opens the Default Template Settings screen. Settings from this template will apply each time you create a new forum or topic. You can override these settings for an individual forum or topic after you've created it.
   • Forum Settings opens the Forum Settings screen. This setting overrides the default template settings for an individual forum.
   • Topic Settings opens the Topic Settings screen. This setting overrides the default template and forum settings for an individual topic.
2. For a forum or topic, you can change the title, descriptions, and attachments. You can also choose to disable postings. For a forum or topic or the default template, you can choose to modify permissions. For instructions, see Controlling access to Forums.
3. When you're finished, click one of the following:
   • Save Settings saves your changes and returns you to the Forums screen.
   • Safe Draft saves your forum as a draft and returns you to the Forums screen.
   • Save Settings & Add Topic saves your changes and opens the Topic Settings screen for adding a new topic to your forum. For more information, see Creating a new forum and topic in Forums.
   • Delete removes your Forum and/or Topic with all associated messages, and takes you to a confirmation page.
   • Cancel cancels your changes and returns you to the Forums screen.

Deleting a forum or topic

To delete a forum or topic you've created, follow these steps:

1. On the Forums screen, find the forum or topic you wish to delete, and next to its title click one of the following options:
   • Forum Settings opens the Forum Settings screen.
   • Topic Settings opens the Topic Settings screen.
2. At the bottom of the screen, click Delete.
3. You'll see a warning message that asks you to confirm the deletion. To delete the item, click Delete. To cancel, click No.