Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Removing other users' tags in Memories

 In the "Tree Integrity: Protecting Your Research in Family Tree" session in RootsTech, I saw the following posts in the chat:

"I found that a person with ill intentions posted records in Memories and the records were totally incorrect, but I found that only the person who posts in Memories can delete them. So here I am stuck with records posted that are not correct and I can not have them removed. All that I can do is make a comment that it is not correct information." ...

"Incorrect Memories has that glitch... only person who entered info can delete the info... I too have that problem... but why? If anyone can edit and merge why not have that ability go in all categories? Hmmm."

I suggested this solution in the chat:

"In the tagging/edit screen, you should see a paperclip icon that will allow you to detach the tag from someone in a memory uploaded by someone else."


Today I received a thank you message.
"Thanks, the directions on how to delete an unwanted Memory post by someone else on your account worked .  Thanks so much to Bill Buchanan's post."


Please use this in only extreme cases. We do not want vigilantes wildly un-tagging memories they consider "unneeded", "unflattering" or whatever. But if you are 100% sure that the memory is not for that person, FamilySearch does provide a way to un-tag it. And please provide a clear reason statement.

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