Forums Bulk Deletion of Posts

##Bulk deletion of forum topics

###Description

• Occasionally a spammer hits our forums and creates several (sometimes hundreds) of topics usually advertising a product or service relating to off-topic or inappropriate content.

###Prerequisites

• Administrator privileges are required for bulk deletion (moderator permissions are not enough)

###Steps

1. Document the user's id (e.g. johndoe)
2. Navigate to https://lmms.io/forum/ and login
3. Next, login to the Administration Control Panel (link at very bottom of page)
4. Click Manage Users on the left pane
5. Paste user's id (e.g. johndoe), Submit

1. Make sure the user's posts are all spam by reviewing them
2. Look for the post count (e.g. Posts: 17)
3. Click the number (e.g. 17) to display posts
4. If the user has valid posts, DO NOT PROCEED. Ban user and hand-delete the spam instead.
5. If the user DOES NOT have any valid posts, proceed.
6. First, ban user by IP address via "Basic Tools", "Quick Tools", "Ban IP"
7. Second, delete the user and posts via "Delete User" (bottom of page) click "Delete Posts"