"Delete Message" vs. "Physically Remove Message"

[yinzer]

This may seem painfully obvious, but when editing a post as an administrator, whats the difference between "Delete Message" and "Physically Remove Message"?

[Colin F]

Deleted messages are still stored in the database, but aren't shown on the forum. This can be useful, if you ever need to check up on something that you deleted, or if you want to undelete something.

Physicaly removed posts are actually deleted from the database. The only way to get those back is by looking through an old db backup.

[yinzer]

Thanks much!