# How can I undo a flag?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-undo-a-flag/149786
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 29, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-undo-a-flag/149786 "2020-04-29T14:23:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-undo-a-flag/149786/1 "2020-04-29T14:23:35Z")
How did this not get asked before? Lol
I am not sure if this was a feature here before but a while back you were able to undo your flags a short period after you do it. Not sure if it was a plugin on our end but I see no reason for it to be a plugin. I sometimes go to flag a post and accidentally choose the wrong option. Now moderators will not accept the flag because the reason is wrong. Is there still a way to undo it then? Or should I make a feature request??
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-undo-a-flag/149786/2 "2020-04-29T14:27:29Z")
Hello,
This was a feature but it was removed. I recommend you send a PM to the moderators on the site and explain that you flagged something accidentally.
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### Author:  [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-undo-a-flag/149786/3 "2020-04-29T14:29:42Z")
Will do, I guess. Any reason for it being removed though? Must a plugin be created for our website just to get the feature back?
Feels too niche in my opinion for us to make a plugin just for our website when this is useful for all discourse forums.
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-undo-a-flag/149786/4 "2020-04-29T14:31:32Z")
If you get a message at the bottom of the post you flagged that is grey and says:
`You flagged this as inappropriate`
Then it is not a plugin
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### Author:  [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-undo-a-flag/149786/5 "2020-04-29T14:33:23Z")
I understand that. What I meant was, would a plugin be needed to re-implement the undoing of flags
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### Author:  [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-undo-a-flag/149786/6 "2020-11-29T20:56:46Z")
I’m also curious, why can’t we undo flags? I flagged something and then changed my mind, but now I can’t undo it.
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### Author:  [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-undo-a-flag/149786/7 "2020-11-29T22:33:01Z")
In `admin/site_settings/category/posting`, there is a setting (default of 10 minutes) which allows a poster to remove their flag. After the set time, they cannot do it. You can change the time here to allow someone a little extra time.
You can also find this setting in the Dashboard under `Settings/Posting`.
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### Author:  [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-undo-a-flag/149786/8 "2020-11-29T22:50:54Z")
How do you do it as a user? I tried removing my flag after a minute or so, but the flag menu option had disappeared. So either I wasn’t looking at the right spot, or the site admin disabled the functionality entirely.
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### Author:  [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-undo-a-flag/149786/9 "2020-11-29T22:54:20Z")
> [@seanblue](#):
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> or the site admin disabled the functionality entirely.
You’ll have to ask a mod or an admin about that. They may have indeed set the default to `0`, so once you set a flag you can’t remove it. That seems counter intuitive though.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-undo-a-flag/149786/10 "2020-12-29T22:54:25Z")
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