How to Delete Comments

You may want to delete comments once the issue they were flagging up has been resolved, or the information they were providing is no longer relevant. You can only delete comments that are attached to target segments and not comments attached to source segments.

How to Delete a Comment

  1. Select View tab > Information group > Comments in the Editor view to display the Comments window. If the window is already open, click the Comments tab to display it.

  2. Select the comment you want to delete, right-click and select Delete Comment from the shortcut menu. The comment is deleted immediately.

NOTE

If the comment has more than one version, a confirmation message is displayed, asking you if you want to delete all versions of the comment. If you want to delete all versions of the comment, click Yes. If you want to delete only one version of the comment, you must delete it in the Edit Comments window.

How to Delete all Target Comments

In the Comments window, click  Delete All Target Comments in Active Document to delete all comments that are attached to target segments in the currently open document. This does not delete comments attached to source segments.

How to Delete Comment Versions

Before deleting a comment version:

 

To delete a comment version:

  1.  In the Editor view, click Review tab >Edit Comment  The Edit Target Comments dialog box for the currently selected comment is displayed.

  2. Select the version of the comment you want to delete and click Delete.

  1. Click OK to save your changes and close the Edit Comments dialog box. The comment version is deleted.

 
 

Related Topics

Displaying and Managing Windows

Overview: Working with Comments

Comments Window

How to Add Comments

How to Edit Comments

How to View Comments

How to Navigate Comments