Delete an Answer

REQUIRED USER ROLE 
Administrator, Team Manager, or Answer Administrator
PERMISSION OVERVIEW
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You can delete an entire Answer in one go (i.e., delete all the Answer types within the one Answer) or just delete individual Answer types.

Delete an individual Answer type

  1. Click on the top left corner of the screen.

  2. Click Answers.

  3. Scroll through the list and select the Answer you wish to edit. You can also narrow down the results by typing a search term into the filter at the top left of the screen or using the Language and Channel filters.

  4. From the Answer edit page, scroll to the Answer type you want to delete, then click on the top right corner.
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  5. A prompt will appear, asking you if you’re sure you want to delete the response. If you are, select ‘Yes, Delete’. If not, hit ‘Cancel’. If an Answer has multiple languages, once you’ve deleted all the types for a single language and Save the Answer, the language will move from the “View” to “Add” section of the “View Answer In” dropdown.

Delete an entire Answer series with multiple Answer types

  1. Click on the top left corner of the screen.

  2. Click Answers.

  3. Scroll through the list to find the Answer you wish to edit. You can also narrow down the results by typing a search term into the filter at the top left of the screen or using the Language and Channel filters.

  4. Hover over the Answer you want to delete, then click

  5. A prompt will appear asking if you want to remove the answer permanently. If so, select Remove. If not, click Cancel.

Deleting an Answer that's currently used

If you are deleting a Public Answer that is being used in the Help Center, you will get an error message that shows where the Public Answer is being used.

Message indicating an answer cannot be deleted from the Help Center section.