Title: Deletes without confirmation
Last modified: November 18, 2016

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# Deletes without confirmation

 *  Resolved [Georgio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgio-1/)
 * (@georgio-1)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deletes-without-confirmation/)
 * Hi [@imath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imath/)
 * IdeaSteam deletes ideas without confirmation. I think this is not a good thing,
   as they can be deleted by error.
 * Just a suggestion for fixing…

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 *  Plugin Author [Mathieu Viet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imath/)
 * (@imath)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deletes-without-confirmation/#post-8452029)
 * I think it’s behaving like WordPress posts. Deleted ideas should still be available
   in trash.
 *  Thread Starter [Georgio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgio-1/)
 * (@georgio-1)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deletes-without-confirmation/#post-8458745)
 * If users don’t have access to dashboard, they cannot recover them. As a workaround,
   I will hide the delete link. Imagine someone takes a long time to write a text
   and then they delete it by error (it happened to me 🙁 )
 *  Plugin Author [Mathieu Viet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imath/)
 * (@imath)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deletes-without-confirmation/#post-8507203)
 * Regular users can’t delete ideas, here’s the cap mappings i’m using:
 *     ```
       case 'delete_idea'            :
       case 'delete_ideas'           :
       case 'delete_others_ideas'    :
       case 'delete_private_ideas'   :
       case 'delete_published_ideas' :
       	$caps = array( 'manage_options' );
       	break;
       ```
   
 * Only admins can, so admins can restore ideas.
 *  Thread Starter [Georgio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgio-1/)
 * (@georgio-1)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deletes-without-confirmation/#post-8520620)
 * [@imath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imath/)
    Hi again (sorry, I am writing
   in english, because someone else can have the same problem…)
 * I finally found the reason why it happens : when a subscriber becomes group admin,
   they can delete. In case they don’t have access in the dashboard, that can be
   annoying.
 * Look for yourself: [screenshot](http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=757642IdeasSubscriberAsGroupAdmin.png)
 * Practically, I don’t have a problem as I can hide it with css. I just report 
   it for feedback.
 * Thanks for your time!
 *  Plugin Author [Mathieu Viet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imath/)
 * (@imath)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deletes-without-confirmation/#post-8521075)
 * [@georgio-1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgio-1/)
 * An idea attached to a group can only be detached from a group. The idea is not
   deleted, she’s just not attached to the group anymore. So you should find it 
   into the public archive.
 * A group admin should have the right to remove an idea from his group, that’s 
   the reason why this is there.
 * If you absolutely want a confirm prompt you can use this code:
    [https://gist.github.com/imath/ea4f65b25746ffd45319d5a990caeaf0](https://gist.github.com/imath/ea4f65b25746ffd45319d5a990caeaf0)
 *  Thread Starter [Georgio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgio-1/)
 * (@georgio-1)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deletes-without-confirmation/#post-8521653)
 * Yeah, it’s much better with the confirmation dialog. I downloaded the snippet
   and it works very well. Thank you very much. Merci beaucoup !

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 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Georgio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgio-1/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deletes-without-confirmation/#post-8521653)
 * Status: resolved