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Aaron Meyerowitz comments on "how do I delete my own answer (or question)?" (21249)

Aaron Meyerowitz — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:06:53 -0800

OK thanks. The "vote to delete" which comes up threw me.

quid comments on "how do I delete my own answer (or question)?" (21248)

quid — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:52:12 -0800

For my answers there is a 'delete' just next and like the 'edit' and 'flag'. Pressing this deletes the question instantly (possibly with an additional "really" pop-up but not even this I think), of course it stays visible to you but becomes red; there is one exception, one cannot delete an accepted answer.

I do not really know for questions, but I believe one can delete ones questions alone if it is open and there is not too much activity on it (one or two answers with a few upvotes will result in prohibiting deletion); for closed ones, I think owner can only cast a vote to delete (like 10k+), after some time which takes effect if there are three.

However, if under some of your non-accepted answers you cannot see a 'delete' next to 'edit' and/or pressing it has no effect, this definitely seems like a browser issue. (I never used Chrome.)

Aaron Meyerowitz comments on "how do I delete my own answer (or question)?" (21247)

Aaron Meyerowitz — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:06:14 -0800

Does voting to delete ones own answer automatically delete it? If not, how does one do this? Also, how does one delete ones own question assuming no answers yet?

Later: Having searched more I see mention of "the delete button which shows up when I mouse over my answer" At least in Chrome I don't get that.