# Can't edit my post?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-edit-my-post/267632
**Category:** Site feedback
**Created:** [May 6, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-edit-my-post/267632 "2023-05-06T05:23:59Z")
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### Author:  [@Zblace](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zblace)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-edit-my-post/267632/1 "2023-05-06T05:23:59Z")
An interesting setting here
that I do not have permission
to edit or delete my post…
why?
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-edit-my-post/267632/2 "2023-05-06T07:36:54Z")
At the moment you have trust level 1. The default edit time in discourse per trust level are
> [@Trust Level Permissions Reference](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-permissions-reference/224824/1):
>
> | ⚙ | | TL0 | TL1 | TL2 | TL3 | TL4 | Category
> Moderator | Moderator |
> | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
> | \[1\] | Edit Own Posts | 24
> hrs | 24
> hrs | 30
> days | 30
> days | no
> limit | TL | no
> limit |
You can also read about that in [Understanding Discourse Trust Levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/90752)
I think this is a good default since spammers ofthen add spam by editing the post.
* * *
1. min trust to edit post
post edit time limit
tl2 post edit time limit
additional edits per day multiplier
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### Author:  [@Zblace](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zblace)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-edit-my-post/267632/3 "2023-05-07T04:42:04Z")
Good to know. Though after a year of visits on and off…I hope to have progressed 🙂