Title: Old Comment Imported–Cannot Delete
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Old Comment Imported–Cannot Delete

 *  Resolved [ThePick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thepick/)
 * (@thepick)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-comment-imported-cannot-delete/)
 * I while back I was fooling around with using the Disqus plugin on my website.
   I ended up deleting the plugin, but not before a “test comment” I made was imported
   to the Disqus server. Since then I deleted the whole website and gave it a proper
   overhaul.
 * Recently, I decided to give the Disqus plugin another try with the new website.
   I was surprised to see that the old test comment imported again automatically
   under the description of a “pending” post in the backend. However, there isn’t
   a box beside the comment to check in order to move it to the trash, and pressing
   the trash button doesn’t work either. It just deeps reappearing. The original
   post it was attached to was gone at this point so now it appears that the comment
   is in limbo; WordPress won’t let me delete since it’s not attached to anything
   it and I can’t get rid of it even through the Discus interface.
 * Is there any way I can get into the code somewhere and manually delete the comment
   that was imported?

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 *  [tigerjake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigerjake/)
 * (@tigerjake)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-comment-imported-cannot-delete/#post-2279764)
 * We have the exact same problem. An old deleted comment is in limbo. I’m looking
   up for solutions over the Net. If I find it, I’ll tell you. Could you do the 
   same for me?
 * Thank you!
 *  Thread Starter [ThePick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thepick/)
 * (@thepick)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-comment-imported-cannot-delete/#post-2279765)
 * Sure thing. 🙂 I haven’t been able to find a solution yet, but when I do I’ll
   post it here.
 *  [tigerjake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigerjake/)
 * (@tigerjake)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-comment-imported-cannot-delete/#post-2279769)
 * I figured it out.
 * 1) Go to Disqus advance settings, then go to Advance Options (upper right). Under
   Import/Export, click the tickbox () “Remove all imported Disqus comments before
   syncing”. Then, click Sync Comments. This should transfer your comments from 
   Disqus to WordPress. If you have other deleted comments, it will show up as pending(
   mine was from 1 it became 16). Don’t worry.
 * 2) Install this plug-in “Bulk Comment Remove”. Install, activate, and go to its
   settings (under Tools). Click remove all comments.
 * 3) Bingo. Worries gone.
 * Hope this works also for you. It worked for me.
 *  Thread Starter [ThePick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thepick/)
 * (@thepick)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-comment-imported-cannot-delete/#post-2279770)
 * That worked for me, as well. 😀 Thanks a lot…
 *  [eshm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eshm/)
 * (@eshm)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-comment-imported-cannot-delete/#post-2279853)
 * I know this is marked as solved but I wanted everyone to know this that this 
   is still very much valid as of WordPress v3.3.1 and Disqus v2.70.
 * +1 tigerjake

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-comment-imported-cannot-delete/#post-2279853)
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