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[Mzima] User Manual
[Mzima] User Manual
  • [Mzima] Ushahidi Platform User Manual
  • Navigating the Ushahidi Platform User Manual
  • Downloading the User Manual
  • Translating the User Manual
  • About Ushahidi
  • Overview of Ushahidi Platform [Mzima]
    • Technical Specifications
  • 1. Installing Ushahidi Platform
  • 2. Setting up a deployment
  • 3. Configuring your deployment
    • 3.1 Accessing your deployment
    • 3.2 General Settings
    • 3.3 Surveys
    • 3.4 Data Sources
      • 3.4.1 Email
      • 3.4.2 Gmail
      • 3.4.3 Vonage(formerly NextMo)
      • 3.4.4 SMSSync
      • 3.4.5 Twilio
      • 3.4.6 Twitter
      • 3.4.7 Africa's Talking
    • 3.5 Categories
  • 4. Managing People on your deployment
    • 4.1 Roles
    • 4.2 Users
  • 5. Modes for visualizing and managing data on your deployment
    • 5.1 Map View
    • 5.2 Data view
    • 5.3 Activity view
    • 5.4 Data managing functionalities shared among views
  • 6. Managing Data in your deployment
    • 6.1 Viewing Posts
    • 6.2 Filtering and Sorting Posts
    • 6.3 Adding Posts
    • 6.4 Editing Posts
    • 6.5 Translating Posts
    • 6.6 Publishing Posts
    • 6.7 Deleting Posts
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    • 6.8 Importing Data
    • 6.9 Exporting and Tagging Data
      • 6.9.1 Exporting Data
      • 6.9.2 Tagging Data - HDX integration
  • 7. Analysing Data on your deployment
    • Untitled
    • 7.1 Saved Searches
    • 7.2 Collections
  • 8. Additional Links
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  1. 6. Managing Data in your deployment

6.7 Deleting Posts

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Last updated 1 year ago

The ability to delete posts is only available to admins or registered users with adequate permissions. This means that non registered users cannot delete posts.

You can select multiple posts to delete at a time from the post list page, or delete individual posts from the list page, or individual post view page .

To delete

  • An individual post from the data view, click on the three dotted icon from the list of detail pane as shown below, then click on Delete

  • A pop up box will appear on the top of the page, prompting you to confirm whether you would like to delete your post

    • Click on Delete to delete your post

    • If you’d like to cancel the post deletion process, click on Cancel

  • Multiple posts from the post lists page

    • Click on bulk actions, then tick the checkbox on the left, adjacent to the post(s) you would like to delete from the posts list page. You can also click on Select All to grab all posts listed on that page.

  • This action will activate the previously inactive Delete button on the grey menu bar.

  • Click on it to initiate the deletion process.

  • A black pop-up box will appear on the top of the page, prompting you to confirm whether you would like to delete your post(s)

    • Click on Delete to delete your post(s)

    • If you’d like to cancel the post deletion process, click on Cancel

Highlighted: 3 dotted icon button
Highlighted: Delete button under the 3 dotted icon drop down menu. to delete a post
Delete post confirmation modal
Click on bulk actions button
Highlighted: Delete button to delete posts
Delete posts confirmation modal
Highlighted: 3 dotted icon button
Highlighted: Delete button under the 3 dotted icon drop down menu. to delete a post
Delete post confirmation modal
Click on bulk actions, then tick the checkbox on the left, adjacent to the post(s) you would like to delete from the posts list page
Highlighted: Delete button to delete posts
Delete posts confirmation modal