# Inconsistent delete icon in the editor

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/401571
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [April 27, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/401571 "2026-04-27T00:44:14Z")
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### Author: ![sniper756](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sniper756/32/545002_2.png) [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/401571/1 "2026-04-27T00:44:14Z")

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The following two icons are different:

1. The delete icon in the bottom-left corner of the editor for a newly created topic or post.

 ![screenshot_20260427_083845](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/c/7/dc7ccea5bf98e62a357e39bf4ed038742ec9963f.jpeg)

1. The icon in the bottom-right corner after publishing a post and then clicking Edit.  
 ![screenshot_20260427_083858](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/6/b/96b04b60419d4d3933ee2273e8a567bf43a143a2.jpeg)

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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/401571/2 "2026-04-27T01:27:13Z")

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This might not be it, but I think it was changed in:

> [@"do you want to discard your post ?"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-want-to-discard-your-post/399942):
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> create a post save it click the pencil edit it decide not to click Discard Get a popup “Do you want to discard your post?” Everytime this happens I get confused, even after all those years. When editing a post (as opposed to creating a post or topic), the initial button (the one next to “Save Edit”) should be Cancel Edit or Stop Editing, not Discard, and the popup message should read “Do you want to discard your edits?” The popup also activates when there are no edits at all. …