# How to delete a part of an archived forum .odt file

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-a-part-of-an-archived-forum-odt-file/111466>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-a-part-of-an-archived-forum-odt-file/111466 "2019-03-13T12:20:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-a-part-of-an-archived-forum-odt-file/111466/7 "2019-03-15T10:32:24Z")

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> [@Mage](#):
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> And so, what kind of control could we have on private messages ?

Not sure what you mean.

> [@Mage](#):
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> Is there an other way through Discourse admin interface to delete at hand the incriminated file ?

If you have the #plugin:data-explorer plugin installed, you can come up with a SQL query that will list all the posts that references your upload.

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