How to Delete Pages on a MediaWiki Wiki

Step 1

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Navigate to your MediaWiki home page. The MediaWiki home page is usually your domain name followed by “/wiki”. You can use any web browser to open the MediaWiki home page.

If you are not automatically logged in, click Log In in the upper-right corner and enter the username and password associated your account and click Log In.

You must be logged in to an administrator account to delete a MediaWiki page. If you are not logged into an administrator account, click Log Out in the upper-right corner and then log in with an administrator account, or contact an administrator.

Step 2

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Use the search bar to search for the page you want to delete. Click the search bar in the upper-right corner and type the title of the page you want to delete and press
Enter. This displays a list of pages that match your search result.

Step 3

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Click the page you want to delete. It’s in the list of search results. This displays the page.

Step 4

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Click the drop-down icon . It’s the icon that resembles a triangle. It’s to the left of the search bar in the upper-right corner. This displays a drop-down menu.

Step 5

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Click Delete. It’s in the drop-down menu in the upper-right corner.

If you don’t see the “Delete” option in the drop-down menu, your account does not have permission to delete pages. Contact an administrator.

Step 6

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Select a reason for deletion. Use the drop-down next to “Reason” to select a reason for deleting the page.

Step 7

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Type an addition reason for deletion (optional). If you want, you can use the space provided to type an additional or other reason for deleting the page.