Editing/Reply help -- How to cancel a draft?

[Peter Cole]

[Mentors’ note: This post about editing and replying was split from a discussion in the technical forums]

I am new to this forum and can't figure out how to delete this reply after it is opened and before it is posted. What I tried to say wasn't coming out correctly so I wanted more time to think about it or I might just give up and not say anything at all. And now this open reply is like an open wound that won't go away so in order for it to go away I'm going to tell you all about my frustrations concerning replies. And now this open reply is in a place where I can't even figure out who I am trying to reply to or even what I was trying to reply to. I guess the lesson learned is for me to not open a reply until I have constructed my possible reply using my word processor. You'd think that others would have had similar problems and this form would have a "Cancel" button instead of just "Post reply" and "Preview".

 

[Nugatory]

I am new to this forum and can't figure out how to delete this reply after it is opened and before it is posted

You‘re talking about the way the forum software periodically saves a draft of what you’re typing into the edit window, so every time you come back your old text is still there? The little diskette icon in the toolbar above the edit window will discard the draft. or am I misunderstanding what you’re asking?

 

[Ibix]

The little diskette icon in the toolbar above the edit window will discard the draft.

Or, if on mobile which doesn't have that icon, just delete your text and refresh the page.