How do I bulk delete posts? I’ve just imported my old database from xenforo, but it didnt import any ‘categories’ so they are all uncategorized, I just want to remove them all, All i called about was the users anyway. I’ve searched for how to do this people say click the wrench, but the only time the wrench appears for me is when Im actually in reading the topic itself.. I want a bulk select to delete all posts… Possibly a checkbox, or a select all button?
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The discussion focuses on bulk deleting posts in the “Bulk Topic Delete” topic. z1haze wants to delete uncategorized posts after importing a database from xenforo. cpradio provides a solution by clicking a specific icon on the topic list. z1haze asks if there’s a “select all” option, which cpradio and riking confirm is not available. However, riking suggests re-importing the data without topics or posts as a faster solution. wesochuck provides a temporary workaround using a JavaScript console command to select all. Eventually, sam announces that a “select all” feature is now available, which selects everything visible.
On the topic list, click the following
Thank you! Is there no select all?
No there is not a select all. You can also delete a lot of topics using the Rails Console, but I’ll defer that to someone who knows it better than I.
The easiest/fastest way to do this is to change the import script to not do the topics or posts and re-do the import.
If you open up the javascript console on your browser and enter the following, it should perform a select all:
$('input.bulk-select').click();
Just closing the loop here, we now have a select all, which selects everything visible.