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I mistakenly posted a message on a friend's timeline. I was typing the message and I accidentally hit Enter after the first letter.

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Now I cannot delete this post. When I hover on the message, nothing happens. No menus or delete signs. Is it forbidden to delete my own messages in the new Facebook?

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If nothing is showing up on your side, can you message your friend and ask him/her to delete it from their end? – rishimaharaj Jun 8 '12 at 12:21
I don't want to do that. Isn't there anything I can directly do? – Mehper C. Palavuzlar Jun 8 '12 at 12:57
@MehperC.Palavuzlar - You made sure it’s not a browser glitch, right? (Logged out/logged back in, cleared browser cache and so on.) Could be the Timeline Review feature? – Alex Jun 8 '12 at 13:17
@Alex: Yes. I cleared browser cache, cookies, logged out, logged back in, etc. on both IE9 and FF13. That meaningless and annoying message just sits there in front of everyone's eyes. – Mehper C. Palavuzlar Jun 8 '12 at 13:53
You can hover over the post towards the top right corner and an X should appear so that you can delete your post. – Marie Angela Vesagas Jun 8 '12 at 20:19
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Go to your activity log, filter by Your Posts and select delete

Delete post

Or go to see friendship,

http://www.facebook.com/YOUR_USERNAME_OR_ID?and=FRIEND_USERNAME_OR_ID

And see if the message is there, click the timestamp you should arrive at

http://www.facebook.com/FRIEND_USERNAME_OR_ID/posts/POST_ID and delete the post

Delete post

If the above fails use this form http://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=144040449046092 it's the opposite of what's happening but I don't see why it wouldn't be using the same or around the same feature internally

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I tried the first method you mentioned, and it worked. Thanks! – Mehper C. Palavuzlar Jun 8 '12 at 18:48

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