Managing disruptive comments
If you have write permissions to a repository, you can edit or delete comments.
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People with write access to a repository can edit or delete comments on issues, pull requests, and commits. Organization owners, team maintainers, and the comment author can also edit or delete a comment on a team page.
Editing a comment
It's appropriate to edit a comment and remove content that doesn't contribute to the conversation and violates your community's code of conduct.
When you edit a comment, note the location that the content was removed from and optionally, the reason for removing it. The edited dropdown at the top of the comment contains a history of edits showing the user and timestamp for each edit.
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Navigate to the comment you'd like to edit.
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In the upper-right corner of the comment, click .
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In the comment window, delete the content you'd like to remove, then type
[REDACTED]to replace it.
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At the bottom of the comment, type a note indicating that you have edited the comment, and optionally, why you edited the comment.
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Click Update comment.
Deleting a comment
Deleting a comment is your last resort as a moderator. It's appropriate to delete a comment if the entire comment adds no constructive content to a conversation and violates your community's code of conduct.
If a comment contains some constructive content that adds to the conversation in the issue or pull request, you can edit the comment instead.
Note: The initial comment (or body) of an issue or pull request can't be deleted. Instead, you can edit issue and pull request bodies to remove unwanted content.
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Navigate to the comment you'd like to delete.
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In the upper-right corner of the comment, click .
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Optionally, write a comment noting that you deleted a comment and why.