# How to delete a forum post

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-a-forum-post/227814>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [March 4, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-a-forum-post/227814 "2018-03-04T18:00:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![frankenc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@frankenc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/frankenc)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-a-forum-post/227814/1 "2018-03-04T18:00:40Z")

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I posted a question (that was almost immediately answered - thanks) but by mistake my email was used instead of my username. How to delete that post? Hopefully this one is done correctly.

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**Author:** ![frankenc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@frankenc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/frankenc)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-a-forum-post/227814/2 "2018-03-04T18:01:36Z")

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Obviously I am doing something wrong. Help!

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-a-forum-post/227814/3 "2018-03-04T18:03:17Z")

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Go here and change your Plex username to something different than an email address:  
[https://app.plex.tv/desktop#!/account](https://app.plex.tv/desktop#!/account)

Then wait 30 minutes and hit this URL  
[https://forums.plex.tv/sso](https://forums.plex.tv/sso)

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**Author:** ![frankenc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@frankenc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/frankenc)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-a-forum-post/227814/4 "2018-03-04T20:31:38Z")

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That should be a FAQ

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-a-forum-post/227814/5 "2020-01-08T00:42:34Z")

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