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How do I delete Wall postings / status updates in Facebook?Dave, Help! I posted a status update to my Facebook Wall, then realized I didn't want it there, but while I can see the "hide" buttons on other people's entries on my page, and I've seen "delete" buttons on people's comments on my earlier Wall postings, I can't see how to delete my own posting. Help! This is important!! Okay, deep breath. It's okay, we'll get this fixed. Deeeppp breath. :-) The secret is that on your main News Feed page in Facebook you cannot delete your own Wall postings (status updates, whatever you want to call them). However, there's a secret link that lets you jump directly to that Wall post on your Wall page, where you can delete the entry if you know about the secret, hidden button. Why does this sound like a game, not a well-designed tool? Let's get to it before you hyperventilate! To demonstrate, I'm going to use the example of me creating a Wall update and then realizing I wanted to include a URL, so posting it a second time. The first one, then, I want to delete rather than bother people with the duplicate Facebook update. On my News Feed page, it looks like this:  Move your cursor around, there are no hidden "delete" or "hide" buttons or anything. Instead, click on the timestamp for the posting you want to delete. In this case, I'll click on "about a minute ago", as highlighted. Now I go to that entry in my Wall area, where I still don't see a "delete" button, but we're closer, trust me:  Move your cursor to just under the "options" button and, miraculously, a new button "Remove" appears:  There we go! Click on the "Remove" button to delete this erroneous Facebook Wall update, and it'll confirm that's what you want to do:  Click on "Delete" because, well, that is what you want to do, and it vanishes...  Wait a few seconds and Facebook puts you back on your News Feed or do what I do because I'm impatient: click on the word "Facebook" on the top left of that screen to move back. Done, deleted, no panic. *phew*
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(Article 9529,
Written by Dave Taylor)
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Even if people reply on your status and you delete it,and the same people try to comment again from their profile ( because they will have a link on their profile saying you commented on xxxx status) they will get a message saying this page is unavailable. A small error report. Posted by: steve at August 13, 2010 1:02 PMHi I tried to remove a post using your instructions but I don't get the options button and hence can't get to a remove button? Have Facebook changed this? Regards Andy Posted by: Andy Gardiner at September 24, 2010 4:57 AMI also had the same problem.... no 'options' button.... so no remove button... where do I go from here? Posted by: akh at October 8, 2010 10:01 PMGr8 Tips... Even facebook knows these tricks or not!!! Posted by: Prem at November 1, 2010 7:29 AMI rowed with my girlfriend and posted something terrible on my status. Now we're friends again and I can't delete it...No option, remove or delete buttons...? HELP! Posted by: Mark at November 2, 2010 3:39 AMSame here ... followed directions above but NO OPTIONS button appears and it has been over a week that I have been unable to delete my Status Posts. Mark and Robert, are you sure that you're not looking on your main news feed, but on your own profile page? Click on your name in the top left corner, then see if THAT page lets you delete your status updates. I have an article about how to do this queued up if you can wait a week. :-) Posted by: Dave Taylor at November 3, 2010 11:30 PMMark, good news. I wrote about how to solve this: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/remove_facebook_status_update_wall_post.html Posted by: Dave Taylor at November 13, 2010 8:14 PMDo you know how can I avoid that my friends read my previous FB status updates? Posted by: Moy at August 16, 2011 6:05 PMThank you sooooo much! This worked perfectly! Posted by: Kathie at November 5, 2011 1:05 AMThanks!! Could delete my post on my own wall successfully! Only needed to click on small icon with icon for 'your friends' on right side and the drop down gave options for deleting post instead of options on right as you had shown. Thanks for the help though- the guideline was easy to follow and helped me do the needful! Posted by: Hina at November 26, 2011 7:48 PMThanks you so much, I was kinda stuck. You're a life saver lol Posted by: Bobby at January 31, 2012 6:01 PMI have something to say, now that you mention it, but ...
I do have a comment, now that you mention it!
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