Title: Deleting Drafts
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Deleting Drafts

 *  Resolved [MichaelChan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelchan/)
 * (@michaelchan)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-drafts-2/)
 * I’ve created a post, but when I saved it, I got this message:
 * The instruction at “0x7d6b758c” referenced memory at “0x00000024”. The memory
   could not be read.
 * The window is then closed whether I click on the close or debug button.
 * Now, whenever I tried to Write a Post, I’ll get the draft up there. Trying to
   open the draft creates the same problem as in the first instance.
 * The draft is irritating and I want to get rid of it. Any suggestions?

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-drafts-2/#post-365173)
 * One option would be to find it in the db and kill it. Do you have access to something
   like phpMyAdmin?
 * If so, sign in and select your wordpress database. Then browse (or search) the
   wp_posts table (wp_ is the default prefix, yours may or may not be different 
   depending on your configuration).
 * Before deleting it, make note of the “ID” field. You may wish to clean up wp_postmeta
   and wp_post2cat as well. Just find that ID in those tables (it’ll be POST_ID).
 *  Thread Starter [MichaelChan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelchan/)
 * (@michaelchan)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-drafts-2/#post-365466)
 * Seems to work! Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [MichaelChan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelchan/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-drafts-2/#post-365466)
 * Status: resolved

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