How to remove old inactive mods from a community?

Submitted ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨support@lemmy.world⁩

I’ve just taken over a community from the previous mod who has been inactive seven or so months. How do I remove them from the mod list? I don’t see any options for doing so in the community screen.

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Darorad@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That’s the neat part, you don’t.

It can only be done by one of the instance admins.

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- LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Ah gotcha, that clears that up, thanks!
  
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justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If that person has made a post or comment in that community then you can open said post / comment, click on the little 3-dot-menu, and select “remove as mod”.

This does not work on comments / posts in other communities or when the old mod simply didn’t interact. Currently it is the only option AFAIK.

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- LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I’ve found other posts and comments from within the community to check the options available, and that doesn’t appear for me. Would that have anything to do with them having been made a mod prior to me, like a seniority order?
  
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  - justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Are you trying to interact with a post while looking at a list of posts in the community, or did you actually open / click on the post first? Only the latter works. The menu is sadly well-hidden and counter-intuitive.
    
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