Title: Cannot delete comments
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Cannot delete comments

 *  Resolved [hollywoodgrind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hollywoodgrind/)
 * (@hollywoodgrind)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-comments/)
 * I am using WordPress 2.8.4.
 * When in the admin control panel under edit-comments.php, I try to use the Delete
   link, the message then disappears, but reappears when the page is refreshed. 
   I also tried to use the Bulk Actions delete, and the message could not be deleted
   that way either.
 * The one only way for me to delete a message is to mark it as spam, and then Delete
   All Spam.
 * Is this a bug that is currently being fixed, or is there something else I can
   do now?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-comments/#post-1189940)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem? If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-related problems?
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or phpMyAdmin? Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 *  Thread Starter [hollywoodgrind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hollywoodgrind/)
 * (@hollywoodgrind)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-comments/#post-1190061)
 * I just started using the bleeding edge 2.3 version of Subscribe To Comments a
   few days ago, and that was causing the problem.
 * Thank you esmi for refocusing me. I overlooked the obvious.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-comments/#post-1190105)
 * No problem. Sometimes all it needs is a fresh pair of eyes. 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-comments/#post-1190105)
 * Status: resolved

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