# Cannot remove assignment note

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-remove-assignment-note/415022>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** assign\
**Created:** [October 19, 2026, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-remove-assignment-note/415022 "2026-10-19T10:11:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![andresfromsonar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/andresfromsonar/32/566736_2.png) [@andresfromsonar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andresfromsonar)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-remove-assignment-note/415022/1 "2026-10-19T10:11:24Z")

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You can assign a topic without writing a note:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/4X/f/d/c/fdc651a31b9cb8d9969652612e665975695b3ca2_2_690x59.png)

Or you can assign it with a note:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/6/7/6678f798eac487f86d08ce98ac6a1053f72a1d6d.png)

You can edit the note later, and it pops up as if you’re editing a whisper. It doesn’t let you save an empty whisper, therefore, effectively, you cannot remove the note:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/a/4/da4bb01d9a4fe946db2c53b5f6f4227bcf1b0b3c.png)

I understand that for a normal whisper this makes sense: if you want to empty a whisper, just delete it! But in this case it does make sense to want to empty the assignment note. After all, “empty assignment note” is a valid state for an assignment entry (as seen in the 1st screenshot). But it’s not a state that you can return to via editing.

Deleting the assignment entry is not a good workaround. You’re losing track of the assignment action. The topic remains assigned even if this entry is deleted.

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