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How does accepting an answer work?

What do I have to do to accept an answer? I've looked through all the related questions. Only one even mentions anything about what to click to accept an answer, and that refers to a "check mark" symbol that I don't see anywhere. Where is a clear user guide reference on how to accept an answer?

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You can only accept answers on questions you have asked. Next to each question, under the up and downvote arrows, there is a check mark. It looks like this:

If you click the check mark, the question will be accepted. Click it again to unaccept it.

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    More like +1 for overachievement.
    – Welbog
    Commented Jul 23, 2009 at 11:28
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    Yes, including an image helped!
    – Tom Harris
    Commented Jul 26, 2009 at 7:59
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It's to the left from answer, under the vote count.

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Click on the check mark next to an answer. It should then turn green (or some other color depending on the site's overall color scheme?).

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You should see the outline of a "tick" under the up & down vote arrows on each answer. Click it for the answer you want to accept (and gain 2 rep for doing it).

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If some people can't see how to do it without asking, perhaps the interface needs redesigning.

Maybe some help text somewhere directly on your question (obviously only visible to the question author) to say that you should mark an answer and how to do it.

It might also help with the number of questions that seem never have an answer accepted even if there is a perfectly good one.

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  • most typically unregistered users leave unaccepted answers. interface is very intuitive, I'm surprised to see that someone is not capable of finding a check mark.
    – SilentGhost
    Commented Jul 23, 2009 at 11:39
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    You already get a reminder to accept an answer or set a bounty for questions over X days old (where X is a number I can't remember right now) - but it doesn't go that extra mile and remind you where the tick is.
    – ChrisF Mod
    Commented Jul 23, 2009 at 11:40
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    I wonder - is a check mark "the universal symbol for yes"?
    – John Saunders
    Commented Jul 23, 2009 at 11:41
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    why would you need a "universal symbol"?
    – SilentGhost
    Commented Jul 23, 2009 at 11:54
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    So that everyone can see at a glance what the symbol means.
    – John Saunders
    Commented Jul 23, 2009 at 12:07
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    Part of the problem is that most of the English speaking world calls it a tick, not a check (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_%28check_mark%29).
    – Mark Pim
    Commented Jul 23, 2009 at 12:21
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    Check is American English AFAIK... The question whether it is part of English speaking world is left to the reader :-)
    – Steve Schnepp
    Commented Jul 23, 2009 at 12:39

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