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In an answer:

First click the 'edit' button on the right side of the page next to the answer. Then, highlight all of the content within the answer that is vandalism or spam, and press the delete button on your keyboard. (If there is still valuable content left, click the 'minor edit' box below the space where you type your answer.) Then, click 'Save' which is right about where the answer content is.

In a related link:

Click the "Add related links" button on the left hand side of the page, in the blue bar at the questions home page. Then, there should be a hyperlink of the title of the link above where you would put in a link. Next to the hyperlink, there should be a [Remove] button. Click that to remove the link.

In the question:

If the entire question is vandalism or spam, contact a supervisor (if you are not a supervisor) to have them merge the question into the appropriate place.

In a protected answer:

If the answer is protected, but you see vandalism or spam, contact a supervisor (if you are not a supervisor) and have them get rid of the vandalism or spam.

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