Stop Following a Post

[BlueDevil]

I have searched high and low and finally decided I will just make a post out of it. I apologize if the answer really is out there.

How do I stop following a post that I am not subscribed to but I have made comments on in the past? This is a very active thread that I can visit if I want to see what is being discussed but in the mean time don't need to see it in my active threads.

 

[mikewazowski]

You were probably automatically subscribed when you replied to it.

Check your subscriptions and see if it's listed.

I can always delete all your subscriptions if you'd like.

 

[BlueDevil]

I have checked my subscriptions and there are none. I think that I must have subscribed when I replied to the post. However that was a long time ago and I don't really need to follow that thread anymore.

 

[KevinC]

I have checked my subscriptions and there are none. I think that I must have subscribed when I replied to the post. However that was a long time ago and I don't really need to follow that thread anymore.

Did you click on "View all Subscribed Threads"?

 

[BlueDevil]

I have checked every setting, options, and subscription I can find. I have checked all of these multiple times in fact. What is the next step?

 

[mikewazowski]

I can delete all your subscriptions.

 

[QDP2012]

I have checked every setting, options, and subscription I can find. I have checked all of these multiple times in fact. What is the next step?

If you don't want all of your subscriptions to be deleted, you might try these steps:

1) Intentionally, subscribe to the unwanted thread, (do it even though you think you have already done it before; it might help reset something)
2) Make a normal post in the thread, so that it has very recent activity
3) Go to UserCP
4) Choose "View All Subscribed Threads".
5) Scroll through the list and find the unwanted thread. It should be near the top of your thread-list.
6) Use the checkbox in the right column to choose your unwanted thread.
7) Scroll down to the bottom of your list and use the "Selected Threads" pick-list/drop-down box to choose "Delete"
8) Click the "Go" button.
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This way, you target and eliminate only the one thread.

Hope this helps,

 

[BlueDevil]

The thread I want to eliminate is not listed as a subscribed thread...

 

[mikewazowski]

I think he was suggesting you subscribe to it and then unsubscribe.

 

[QDP2012]

I think he was suggesting you subscribe to it and then unsubscribe.

Correct.

The thread I want to eliminate is not listed as a subscribed thread...

This is why I mentioned that, even if you think you already subscribed to it, you should (re-)subscribe to it now.

I've seen/read about similar occurrences, where subscribing again to the target thread, will cause the forum-system to clear-up whatever might have become messed-up behind the scenes, so that the thread becomes properly listed in your subscribed-threads list. Once you can get the thread to be listed properly, you can then delete (unsubscribe from it) in the standard way.

Edit: If, in your last post, you were indicating that you had resubscribed, and the thread was still not listed, then I have no other suggestions on how to solve that, except requesting that all of your subscriptions be deleted.


Hope this helps.

 

[BlueDevil]

I have subscribed to it and unsubscribed to it before and nothing happened. I will try it again and expect different results. According to our friend Albert Einstein this is the definition of insanity.

 

[QDP2012]

I have subscribed to it and unsubscribed to it before and nothing happened. I will try it again and expect different results.

I hope it works.

According to our friend Albert Einstein this is the definition of insanity.

Well... he didn't have to deal with today's computers, though.

 

[BlueDevil]

You have got that right!!

 

[BlueDevil]

Well I guess I am insane because it didn't work. Maybe if I go in an delete all the posts that I have contributed to that specific thread.

 

[mikewazowski]

Well I guess I am insane because it didn't work. Maybe if I go in an delete all the posts that I have contributed to that specific thread.

I think you'll find you don't have that capability.

 

[BlueDevil]

Dang it. On well I guess I will have to accept it as one of those things I don't have control over and leave it at that.

 

[mikewazowski]

I can always delete all your subscriptions.

 

[BlueDevil]

I guess you can try that although am not subscribed to the thread that I no longer wish to receive updates about.