How long do I have before Akismet-marked spam is deleted?

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  tracibuxton · Member · Apr 24, 2014 at 7:42 pm

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  I am a relatively new blogger. I just realized that Akismet has marked a very large number of comments as spam. I would like to see them, but they do not seem available. Is there a way to view them? If so, how long before they are deleted?

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Apr 29, 2014 at 3:36 pm

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  Hi Traci!

  The spam comments that are blocked by Akismet are automatically removed from your blog. However, they are legitimate spam, not actual comments. Comments that Akismet thinks might be spam but could actually be real can be seen here:

  https://tracibuxton.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?comment_status=spam

  Does that make sense? The number that you see under the Akismet Stats are legitimate spam comments that were blocked.

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  tracibuxton · Member · Apr 29, 2014 at 8:59 pm

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  Yes, that makes sense. Though, since I wrote this question, I found that going to my dashboard and clicking on, “there are currently ____ comments in your spam queue” was also very easy.

  Out of curiosity, how long do I have before comments in my spam queue are deleted?

  Thank you for taking the time to respond to me!

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Apr 30, 2014 at 3:51 pm

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  Hey Traci!

  You can actually disable Akismet (our spam-blocking software) from auto-deleting spam comments in your Discussion settings here:

  https://tracibuxton.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-discussion.php

  Just change “Akismet anti-spam strictness” to the “Safe” setting. Then, your comments should not be automatically deleted regardless of how spammy Akismet thinks they are.

  Let me know if you need anything else!