--- title: "Ways of Editing, Deleting and Restoring the Facebook Posts" description: "It basically, follows the directions on the way Facebook post can get edit, delete it, and restore it on the web by the use of the mobile app." author: "Siddhi Shaw" published: 2022-08-30 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1940/ways-of-editing-deleting-and-restoring-the-facebook-posts category: "facebook" tags: ["facebook", "delete", "editing", "restoration"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Ways of Editing, Deleting and Restoring the Facebook Posts Well, in this [whole world](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33116/who-is-more-popular-among-bollywood-star-and-cricket-star-of-india-in-whole-world) no one could be [termed as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97007/why-the-standard-of-an-osi-model-is-termed-as-802-xx) perfect, everyone tend to do some kind of [mistakes](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12952/the-8-major-mistakes-players-make-in-the-casinos) and many of them have published **Facebook** posts with wrong spellings, sometimes grammatical errors, mistaken “**facts**,” or opinions that people immediately realized that they may not require to be aired in public. If such things happen then people tend to hop into their post and fix the particular problem, either by changing it or deleting it altogether. Though, it would appear easy if an individual know how to do so. ``` HIGHLIGHTS People tend to hop into their post and fix the particular problem, if any It would be easy if anyone knows the directions to edit, delete and restore post If people “delete” a post it moves to trash section, it gets deleted after 30 days ``` It basically, follows the directions on the way [Facebook](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1529/facebook-said-to-er-on-the-side-of-an-adult-during-age-uncertainty-in-possible-abuse-photos) post can get edit, delete it, and restore it on the web by the use of the [mobile app](https://www.mindstick.com/services/mobile-app-development). ## ON THE WEB - The particular [post](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1939/as-market-for-digital-collectibles-tanks-meta-linked-instagram-s-nft-posts-to-facebook) that an individual would want to edit, they need to click on the three dots in the upper right of their post. - Do click on the **Edit** post option if they want to change it; then they would make their edits and click on **Save** option. - Click on **Move** to trash if they would need to delete it, and then click on **Move** option. **Note**: When an individual “**delete**” a post, they would actually be moving it to a trash section, where it would be finally deleted after **30 days** period. If they want to restore it or delete it immediately, they need to follow the following steps. - First they need to click on their personal icon in the upper right corner - Then, click on **Settings & privacy** > **[Activity](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12894/how-to-force-recreation-of-activity-fragment-on-restore) log** - In the left-hand column, they need to scroll down to and select **Trash** - They need to find the post and click its [checkbox](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/291/how-should-use-checkbox-control-in-vb-dot-net). Click on **Restore** to restore it to their timeline, or **Delete** to permanently delete it. - In the resulting pop-up, they need to click on **Restore or Delete** option. **ON A [MOBILE DEVICE](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/198564/why-your-mobile-device-is-the-best-travel-gadget-to-pack)** - First, tap on the three dots in the upper-right corner of the post - Select **Edit** post if they need to change it; and then make their required edits, and then click on **Save**. - Select **Move** to trash if they would want to delete it, and then click on **Move**. The process of restoring or permanently deleting a post was as similar to that on the web. - In their timeline, they need to tap on their personal icon in the upper left corner. - Then tap on the three dots to the right of **Edit** profile. - In their **Profile** settings, select **Activity log** > **Trash**. - Select the checkbox of the post they want to restore or delete. - In order to restore the post, they need to tap on **Restore** at the bottom of the screen. To permanently delete it, they were required to tap the three dots at the bottom right, and select **Delete**. - At last, tap **Restore or Delete** in the pop-up menu. Also Read: ['Zucks Bucks' Facebook's parent Company Meta is to Explore the Potential of Digital Money](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1550/zucks-bucks-facebook-s-parent-company-meta-is-to-explore-the-potential-of-digital-money) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1940/ways-of-editing-deleting-and-restoring-the-facebook-posts Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.