I am admin for our community and I have a user complaining about harassment from another user. They said they received negative messages and PMs, but could no longer find the messages… They copy-pasted a quote they said they found in an email notification. At first, I thought this person (the compl…

[image] Daquantics: Is it possible for users to send Private Messages, then delete them in a way that Admins can no longer see them? Nope. It’s never possible for users to delete topics. Ever.

Can Admins see all Deleted PMs?

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) January 29, 2018, 8:44pm 5

Nope. It’s never possible for users to delete topics. Ever.

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Can Admins see all Deleted PMs?

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