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title: "Using TinyMCE Comments"
description: "How to add, edit, resolve, and remove comments in TinyMCE"
canonical_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/latest/comments-using-comments/"
md_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/comments-using-comments/index.md"
version: "6"
last_updated: "2022-07-13T01:03:58Z"
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Important This page documents TinyMCE 6. For new projects, Tiny recommends using the latest, most up-to-date version. [See TinyMCE 8 documentation](../../latest/comments-using-comments/).
# Using TinyMCE Comments

I’m trying to:

- [Add a comment](#add-a-comment).
- [Edit a comment](#edit-a-comment).
- [Delete a comment](#delete-a-comment).
- [Delete a comment thread (conversation)](#delete-a-comment-thread-conversation).
- [Resolve a comment thread (conversation)](#resolve-a-comment-thread-conversation).
- [Show or view a comment](#show-or-view-a-comment).
- [Delete all comment threads](#delete-all-comment-threads).

## Add a comment

1. Select the content from the desired location in the editor body.
2. From the navigation menu, choose **Insert** → **Add Comment** or click on the **Add comment**

![Add comment](../_images/icons/comment-add.svg)
toolbar button to add the comment.
3. The Comment box appears in the sidebar of the editor instance.
4. Type a comment in the comment box, the " *Add comment…* " placeholder text will disappear.
5. Press **Clear** to discard or **Comment** to store the input comment.

**Result**: The selected content will be highlighted as per the configured options. The following screen with the option for editing, deleting, and replying to the comment, will appear.

![Delete Conversation](../_images/comments-edit.png)


Note: The above procedure can be followed for adding multiple comments to the document.

## Edit a comment

Follow this procedure to edit a comment.

1. Click on the ellipsis

![(ellipsis - 3 horizontal dots)](../_images/icons/image-options.svg)
icon above the comments box to expand the menu.
2. Select **Edit** from the menu items.
3. The comment field becomes editable. Make the required changes.
4. Click **Cancel** to discard or **Save** to store the changes.

## Delete a comment

Follow this procedure to delete a comment. This option is not available for the first comment in a conversation.

1. Click on the ellipsis

![(ellipsis - 3 horizontal dots)](../_images/icons/image-options.svg)
icon above the comments box to expand the menu.
2. Select **Delete** from the menu items.
3. The following options appear in the comments sidebar:

![delete comment](../_images/comments-delete-comment.png)
4. Click **Cancel** to cancel the action or **Delete** to remove the comment from the conversation.

## Delete a comment thread (conversation)

This option is only available for the first comment in a conversation. Once the comment is saved, follow this procedure to delete a conversation.

1. Click on the ellipsis

![(ellipsis - 3 horizontal dots)](../_images/icons/image-options.svg)
icon above the comments box to expand the menu.
2. Select **Delete conversation** from the menu items.
3. The following decision dialog box will appear:

![delete conversation](../_images/comments-delete-conversation.png)
4. Click **Cancel** to cancel the action or **Delete** to remove the conversation.

**Result**: The conversation and all its subsequent comments will be deleted.

## Resolve a comment thread (conversation)

> **Note:** This feature requires the [`tinycomments_resolve`](../comments-callback-mode/#tinycomments_resolve) or [`tinycomments_can_resolve`](../comments-embedded-mode/#tinycomments_can_resolve) setting to be configured.
This option is only available for the first comment in a conversation. Once a comment is saved, follow this procedure to resolve a conversation.

1. Click on the ellipsis

![(ellipsis - 3 horizontal dots)](../_images/icons/image-options.svg)
icon above the comments box to expand the menu.
2. Select **Resolve conversation** from the menu items.
3. The following decision dialog box will appear:

![resolve conversation](../_images/comments-resolve-conversation.png)
4. Click **Cancel** to cancel the action or **Resolve** to resolve the conversation.

**Result**: The conversation will be resolved.

## Show or view a comment

Follow this procedure to display the comments sidebar:

1. Place the cursor on the desired content in the editor body:
2. From the navigation menu, choose **View** → **Show Comment** or click on the **Show Comments**

![Comments](../_images/comments-toolbar-button.png)
toggle toolbar button to display the comment.
**Result**: The comments sidebar will appear and display the corresponding conversation for the highlighted content.

## Delete all comment threads

Follow this procedure to delete all conversations in the document:

1. From the navigation menu, choose **File** → **Delete all conversations** option to delete all the comments in a document.
2. The following decision dialog box will appear:

![Delete all conversations](../_images/comments-delete-conversations.png)
3. Click **Ok** to remove the all the comments or **Cancel** to dismiss the action.

**Result**: All the comments for the selected document will be deleted.