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how do I delete a question after it has been answered?

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  • 7 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    You can't unfortunately Yahoo has made

    some changes. Now, once answered the delete button is

    removed and you can't delete your questions. Before

    you have an answer, next to the add update pencil click

    the x delete button.

    If you are too late,emailing the YA team is no longer a possibility, several months ago they

    removed the old suggestion board post offering to consider doing so if questions contained personal info. Now, all

    you can do is hope it is reported as a violation even resolved questions can be removed that way.

  • Debbie
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Sorry, you can't delete answered questions because the option to delete disappears the moment the first answer comes in. We used to be able to delete our answered questions, but Yahoo took away this ability when they introduced the new format.

    By the way, if the question has no answers, you can go to the pencil icon beside your question and choose the delete option. Also, if you're on mobile you must switch to desktop first.

  • 7 years ago

    You don't.

    You can delete a question by using the delete "X" to the right of the edit pencil icon up to the point that there is an answer to the question.

    As per the help pages:

    Changes to your question or answer

    After posting an answer, feel free to edit or delete it up until the Asker chooses a Best Answer. A question can only be deleted before it receives its first answer.

    https://help.yahoo.com/kb/answers/question-answer-...

  • 7 years ago

    you cant delete them after they have been answered they can only be deleted before someone answers so the has to be no answers to be deleted

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  • 7 years ago

    You just can't delete..

    After you receive even one answer you couldn't delete it..grr

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