Permanently Delete Comments

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How can I permanently delete a comment on a blog post?

I’ve got a spam comment and I can hide it, but it shows the following messages under the comments:

  • for subscribers: This comment has been hidden.
  • for non-subscribers: This comment has been removed.

I would like to permanently delete the comment so the above messages aren’t shown at all.

Is it possible?

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I’d like to know that too.
I got a nasty comment from an anonymous member, who it seems signed up just to torment me. I’m thinking of removing this member, since I don’t know who it is and he/she left a nasty comment. I have hidden it, but I want to remove it permanently, but I can’t find settings for it anywhere. Very annoying!

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Sorry to hear that. Hope they just go away.

Meanwhile, it would be really nice to eliminate all traces of deleted comments. I don’t really see the use of “This comment has been hidden/removed” messages.

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Yep, it’s one of those scratch your head moments, I don’t get that either.

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@software_writer Yes, it should be a possibility to handle comments properly, edit them, remove them, hide them, give warnings and of course totally delete them.

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I’m not sure if we can “fake” delete comments for subscriber display with CSS.

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Hmm, interesting idea. Will have to investigate but sounds like a possible solution. I already hide/modify a bunch of stuff on the page with CSS and JavaScript so it could work.

Thanks @cuongtran!