It happened that I flagged a question for a wrong reason and then I want to change my reason. So I know that I have the possibility to cancel my flag using the Retract Flag button. But after canceling a flag, I have no longer the possibility to flag it again.

So how can we change the reason of the flag?

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    You can retract flags, but you cannot change them, unfortunately. What type of flag did you raise? There is usually some other workaround. – Cody Gray Jun 17 '20 at 10:05
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    Ah, the flag was on this question. For "recommend closure" flags (or whatever they're called now), the reason you pick really doesn't matter much. Generally, you should not retract them unless the question no longer needs to be closed. That one still needed to be closed, and I have now done so. – Cody Gray Jun 17 '20 at 10:06
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    I wish you could convert a close vote to a dupe vote, if nothing else. Lots of times I've close-voted a question as "needs more details" and then when they add the details it turns out to be a duplicate that wasn't initially obvious. – John Montgomery Jun 17 '20 at 17:09