Delete announcement

What is this?

With Delete announcement you remove an announcement from your choir for good. Unlike archiving, the announcement isn't just hidden; it disappears completely: for all members, along with all comments, reactions, poll votes and attachments.

This is the right choice when:

• You wrote the announcement by mistake and nobody has really looked at it yet
• Wrong information was shared that should no longer be visible in the choir
• Sensitive data was included by mistake
• An announcement breaks the club's rules, for example with offensive content

In all other cases archiving is the better choice, because the history is kept.

How to delete an announcement

1. Open the announcement from the announcements overview.
2. Click ··· at the top right. Each announcement in the list also has a ··· menu.
3. Choose "Delete announcement".
4. Confirm the prompt "Delete announcement?". Chorilo asks because the action can't be undone.
5. The announcement disappears from all overviews and the archive right away.

In the app, tap ··· at the top of the announcement and then "Delete announcement". Announcements sent to several choirs can only be deleted on the web.

What deleting removes

Deleting permanently removes:

• The announcement text
• All comments from other members
• All reactions
• The poll and all votes cast
• All attachments; the files are removed from the server

Files that were only linked from the Files area stay there. The announcement quietly disappears from members' overviews; there is no push notification about the deletion.

Permission

You need the Delete announcements permission. By default the Administrator and Moderator permission groups have it.

Tips

• If in doubt, archive instead of deleting. Archived announcements can be restored at any time.
• Before deleting, post a short note as a new announcement if the information was wrong. Otherwise members may be confused about why an announcement has vanished.
• Use Edit instead of deleting and recreating if you only need small corrections. Comments and discussion are then kept.