Facebook: Edit post

Have you ever typed in a message in Facebook, hit send and then realize that you have a typing mistake or you wrote the wrong thing?

Or have you accidently hit the Post button before you were done? 

Here's how to edit your post so no one will know! 

[Instead of posting a corrected message use the Edit button.]

1. Move your mouse to the right of the first line of your message.

    A pencil will appear with the message Edit or Delete 

    [shown below]

2. Click on the pencil

The following appears.

Edit

3. Click on Edit to make a change to your post. 

    Your cursor will now appear at the end of your post. 

4. Make your changes

5. Hit Enter 

Delete

Click Delete to completely delete the post from Facebook.