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P4 Server Administration Documentation | 2026.1

# Changelist, edit or delete

P4 Server administrators can use the `-f` (force) flag with `p4 change` to change the description, date, or user name of a submitted changelist. The syntax is `p4 change -f `changenumber``. This command presents the standard changelist form, but also enables superusers to edit the changelist’s time, description, date, and associated user name.

You can also use the `-f` flag to delete any submitted changelists that have been emptied of files with `p4 obliterate`. The full syntax is `p4 change -d -f `changenumber``.

Example: Updating changelist 123 and deleting changelist 124

Use `p4 change` with the `-f` (force) flag:

    $ p4 change -f 123
    $ p4 change -d -f 124

The `User:` and `Description` fields for change `123` are edited, and change `124` is deleted.

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