Teaching and Learning Resource Center

Unapprove or Remove Comments

To manage comments you want to delete or unapprove, you can use the Comments widget within a particular post or select Comments from the toolbar.

UX Tip

The Comments widget is useful to manage a small number of comments on a specific post. To manage more comments, the Comments link on the toolbar is useful.

Using the Comments Widget

  1. Login to u.osu.edu and navigate to the dashboard of the site that you would like to edit.
  2. Navigate to the Post / Page for which you would like to unapprove / remove comments.
  3. In the upper-right corner, click Screen Options.
  4. If not already checked, check Comments. When Comments is checked, you will see the Comments Widget below the Post / Page text box.
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    Comments checkbox in Screen Options box at the top of the page
  5. Hover over the comment you would like to unapprove / delete.
  6. Click Unapprove or Trash. Reapprove comment by repeating steps 1 - 5. Then, click Approve.
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    Comments widget at the bottom of Edit Page screen

Using the Comments page

  1. Login to u.osu.edu and navigate to the dashboard of the site that you would like to edit.
  2. Click Comments from the left toolbar. The Comments page appears.
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    Comments menu item in side navigation of U.OSU
  3. To delete or unapprove a single comment, follow steps 5 and 6 under the "Using the Comments Widget" instructions above.
  4. To delete or unapprove multiple comments, you can use the Bulk Action feature on the Comment page.
    1. Check the comments you would like to unapprove or delete.
    2. Click the Bulk Actions drop-down menu.
    3. Select Approve or Trash.
    4. Click Apply.