Title: Edit or delete messages?
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Edit or delete messages?

 *  Resolved [TeqToo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teqtoo/)
 * (@teqtoo)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-or-delete-messages/)
 * Is it possible for a logged in user to edit or delete their private messages,
   or for the admin to do so? A member of my forum posted her home phone number 
   in a PM to me, and she’s worried about privacy.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-pm/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-pm/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Shamim Hasan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shamim51/)
 * (@shamim51)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-or-delete-messages/#post-7588163)
 * If both sender and receiver delete a message that message will be deleted from
   database. Or as admin you can go to Dashboard > Front End PM > All Messages then
   find that message and delete.
 *  Thread Starter [TeqToo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teqtoo/)
 * (@teqtoo)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-or-delete-messages/#post-7588169)
 * There is no “All Messages” option when I click “Front End PM” in my Dashboard.
   Only “Settings”.
 *  Thread Starter [TeqToo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teqtoo/)
 * (@teqtoo)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-or-delete-messages/#post-7588173)
 * And what’s worse, my the link to the Mailbox page used to appear on the forum
   pages, and now it’s gone. AND, logged in as administrator and Keymaster, when
   I try to access the Mailbox page, it throws a “You do not have permission to 
   access message system” error message!
 *  Thread Starter [TeqToo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teqtoo/)
 * (@teqtoo)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-or-delete-messages/#post-7588174)
 * You can ignore the last message. I found that when I updated everything, it deleted
   the settings for “who can access private message system”. Once I re-checked the
   appropriate boxes, it can now be accessed. However, I still do not see “All Messages”
   when I click “Front End PM” in my Dashboard. And I see no way for a person to
   delete their own message in the PM system.
 *  Plugin Author [Shamim Hasan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shamim51/)
 * (@shamim51)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-or-delete-messages/#post-7588182)
 * Please uninstall and again install this plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [TeqToo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teqtoo/)
 * (@teqtoo)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-or-delete-messages/#post-7588235)
 * Before I do that, a couple of questions:
 * 1) If I delete the plugin, will that delete all of the existing messages from
   the database?
 * 2) I can see “All Messages” in my personal Inbox, just not on the Admin Dashboard.
   But I do not see a way to delete individual messages, just entire message threads.
   Should I be able to delete individual messages?
 *  Plugin Author [Shamim Hasan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shamim51/)
 * (@shamim51)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-or-delete-messages/#post-7588248)
 * Which version of this plugin you are using?
    1) For now, it does not delete messages
   when this plugin delete. next version i will add an option to do that 2) tick
   which message you want to delete then in bulk action select “Delete” then click“
   Apply”
 *  Thread Starter [TeqToo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teqtoo/)
 * (@teqtoo)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-or-delete-messages/#post-7588251)
 * Thanks! Re-installing did the trick.

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 * Last reply from: [TeqToo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teqtoo/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-or-delete-messages/#post-7588251)
 * Status: resolved