Can you delete comments instead of just hiding them?

CommentGuard automatically hides comments based on your moderation settings, but doesn't automatically delete comments.

This is on purpose and for two important reasons.

Firstly, hiding a comment on Facebook means the author and his or her friends can still see it while at the same time it's hidden from the broad public. This prevents further outrage and the feeling of censorship, while limiting the public visibility of harmful comments.

Secondly, hiding is a reversible action, meaning comments can still be made publicly visible again.

You can manually unhide or delete comments that were hidden directly from inside your dashboard.