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  Article updated: June 20, 2024

Edit or delete published content in streams

You can edit content published to your own Facebook Pages directly from Hootsuite streams, and you can delete content published to X, Facebook Pages, and YouTube channels, which also deletes the content from the social network.

This article describes how to do the following in Streams.

Actions you can take in each social network
Facebook YouTube X

Edit a Page post
Edit a comment
Delete a Page post
Delete a personal post
Delete a comment

Delete a YouTube video

Delete a post

For other social networks, select the timestamp on your post in the stream to open it directly in the social network, and edit or delete from there.

Edit a Facebook Page post or comment

You can edit posts and comments from the My Posts and Timeline streams. Page posts can't be edited if they've been boosted.

Note: Because of limitations imposed by each social network, editing published content in Streams is not possible with Facebook personal profiles, nor with X, Instagram, or LinkedIn. You can edit these posts directly in the social network where they're published.
  1. Go to More, select Streams, and then select the board hosting the Facebook Page stream.
  2. Select More options below the post or comment, and then select Edit.
  3. Make your changes, and then select ENTER to save.

Edit a YouTube video

You can edit video titles, descriptions, tags, categories, and privacy settings at any time. If the video is Unlisted or Private, you can schedule it to go public; if it's currently scheduled, you can modify the scheduled date and time.

  1. In Streams, select the board hosting the YouTube stream.
  2. Select More options below the video, and then select Edit.
  3. Make your modifications to the video, and then select Save in the top right.

Delete published content

Important: Posts published or scheduled to multiple social accounts must be deleted from each account individually. Deleting will remove the post from your account on the social network as well as in Hootsuite.

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Delete an X post, Facebook Page post, or Facebook comment

You can delete published posts from the X My Tweets stream, and you can delete posts and comments from the Facebook Page My Posts and Timeline streams.

  1. In Streams, select the board hosting the stream.
  2. Select More options below the post or comment, and then select Delete.
  3. Select Delete again to confirm.

Delete a YouTube video

You can delete your own YouTube videos from the My Videos stream or a Playlist stream.

  1. In Streams, select the board hosting the YouTube stream.
  2. Select More options below the video, and then select Delete.
  3. Select Delete again to confirm.

 

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