How do I edit or delete discussion replies as a student?

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If your instructor allows, you can edit and delete your own discussion posts. If the edit or delete option does not display, your instructor has restricted this setting in your course.

Note: This setting does not affect discussions in course groups.

00:07: How do I edit or delete discussion replies as a student? 00:11: In course navigation click the discussions link 00:15: Click a discussion title 00:18: Locate the reply you want to edit and click the options icon. 00:21: Then select the edit option. 00:24: Edit the discussion reply in the rich content editor. 00:28: To post your edits. Click the save button. 00:31: To delete your reply to a discussion topic click the reply options icon 00:35: then select the delete option. 00:38: Click the okay button. 00:41: If you deleted discussion reply with other course user replies attached canvas 00:45: shows a deleted by notification. The notification includes your name 00:49: this entry cannot be removed. 00:53: If students are allowed to edit their discussion posts, you can view the edit history 00:57: of their post. To view the history click the view 01:01: history link 01:03: In the edit history window, you can view any version with the date and time 01:07: stamp of the students post. To expand all of the versions click 01:11: the expand all button. To return to the discussion 01:15: click the close button. 01:18: If your instructor has restricted the option to edit or delete your discussion replies 01:22: the options do not display in the options menu. 01:26: This guide covered how to edit or delete discussion replies as a student.

Open Discussions

In Course Navigation, click the Discussions link.

Open Discussion

Click a discussion title.

Edit Discussion Reply

Locate the reply you want to edit and click the Options icon [1]. Then select the Edit option [2].

Save Edits

Edit the discussion reply in the Rich Content Editor [1]. To post your edits, click the Save button [2].

Delete Reply

To delete your reply to a discussion topic, click the reply Options icon [1], then select the Delete option [2].

Confirm Delete

Click the OK button.

Verify Delete

If you delete a discussion reply with other course user replies attached, Canvas shows a Deleted by notification. The notification includes your name. This entry cannot be removed.

Note: Course instructors can see that you deleted your replies in the discussion.

View Reply History

If students are allowed to edit their discussion posts, you can view the edit history of their post.

To view the history, click the View History link [1].

In the Edit History window, you can view any version with the date and time stamp of the student's post [2]. To expand all of the versions, click the Expand all button [3].

To return to the discussion, click the Close button [4].

View Restricted Options

If your instructor has restricted the option to edit or delete your discussion replies, the options do not display in the Options menu.