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title: "How to delete posts and drafts in bulk"
description: "Need to clear things out in Buffer? You can bulk delete failed posts, empty your queue (including scheduled posts), and remove all drafts using the options below."
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# How to delete posts and drafts in bulk

Need to clear things out in Buffer? You can bulk delete failed posts, empty your queue (including scheduled posts), and remove all drafts using the options below.

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## Clean Queue

If you'd like to remove all of the failed posts in one of your queues, you can use Clean Queue. Clean Queue will only remove **failed posts** from your queue. It will *not* impact scheduled posts that have not failed.

To do this:

1. Open [https://buffer.com/.](https://buffer.com/)
2. From the left side panel, select the channel where you'd like to remove the failed posts from.
3. Click the gear icon ⚙️ next to the channel name to open the channel settings.

   ![Buffer - Channel settings (gear icon) Facebook page](https://support.buffer.com/api/attachments.redirect?id=450ad5fc-92ab-4e64-964b-43374c976cac " =2331x535")
4. Click ***General.***
5. Scroll down and click ***Clean Queue.***

![Buffer - Channel settings - Clean Queue option](https://support.buffer.com/api/attachments.redirect?id=51f18902-8224-4b58-8479-f93ec6c0e5a5 " =1953x1161")

6. Click ***Clean Queue*** on the pop-up message to confirm.

## Empty Queue

If you'd like to delete **all** posts from your queue, including both failed posts and scheduled posts, you can use ***Empty Queue***.

To do this:

1. Open [https://buffer.com/.](https://buffer.com/)
2. From the left side panel, select the channel where you'd like to empty the queue.
3. Click the gear icon next to the channel name\_**.**\_

   ![](https://support.buffer.com/api/attachments.redirect?id=79a10ae6-9741-419d-b69c-40bf6d6ebfd0 " =2383x546")
4. Click ***General.***
5. Scroll down and click ***Empty Queue.***

![Buffer - Channels settings - Empty Queue](https://support.buffer.com/api/attachments.redirect?id=f77d29f4-df15-45bf-8ba4-7657e2434537 " =1953x1161")

6. Type the word 'Empty' to confirm and then click ***Empty Queue*** to complete the process.

![Buffer - Channels settings - Empty Queue](https://support.buffer.com/api/attachments.redirect?id=3bbc6350-d7cc-42e5-9d5c-a2e74be6318c " =533x282")

## Delete Drafts

If you want to delete **all** of your drafts, you can use the ***Delete Drafts*** feature.

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**Note:** This will delete **all** drafts for the channel. Posts pending approval (in the **Approvals** tab) will not be impacted.
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1. Open buffer.com.
2. From the left side panel, select the channel where you'd like to delete the drafts.
3. Click the gear icon next to the channel name\_**.**\_

![Buffer - Channel settings (gear icon) Facebook page](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/64cb6cf86d4a3e191f237e66/images/69f21e633613dab56f8592aa/file-0nHDqvNB0P.jpg " =2590x594")

4. Click ***General.***

5) Scroll down and click ***Delete Drafts.***

![Buffer channel settings - Delete Drafts option](https://support.buffer.com/api/attachments.redirect?id=1ed67afd-d994-43b5-a879-f1d738b5da82 " =1469x866")

6. Type the word 'Delete' into the box and then click ***Delete Drafts*** to complete the process.

![Buffer Publish - Delete Drafts confirmation pop up window](https://support.buffer.com/api/attachments.redirect?id=7953e893-e9b8-45ff-97e7-670b2c61e2cc " =510x294")