# Toggle Whisper 👁 **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616 **Category:** Theme component **Tags:** whispers **Created:** [March 2, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616 "2021-03-02T14:36:17Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen) #### Post date: [March 2, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/2 "2021-03-02T14:43:41Z")
Nice! I remember this debate a few years ago. I have been burned by this so many times. The official response is: > [@Unable to retroactively make a post reply into a whisper](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-retroactively-make-a-post-reply-into-a-whisper/48259/2): > > Er, the cat is out of the bag once you post as a not-whisper. Going back and retconning posts into whispers via editing is not something I can support as a feature. I am often scrambling to delete whispers before they get emailed out and too many people notice my mistake! --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616)._