diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84e59033..432136e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ A GitHub action to create or update an issue or pull request comment.
 | `comment-id` | The id of the comment to update. | |
 | `body` | The comment body. Cannot be used in conjunction with `body-path`. | |
 | `body-path` | The path to a file containing the comment body. Cannot be used in conjunction with `body`. | |
-| `edit-mode` | The mode when updating a comment, `replace` or `append`. | `append` |
+| `edit-mode` | The mode when updating a comment, `append`, or `replace`, or `recreate` . | `append` |
 | `append-separator` | The separator to use when appending to an existing comment. (`newline`, `space`, `none`) | `newline` |
 | `reactions` | A comma or newline separated list of reactions to add to the comment. (`+1`, `-1`, `laugh`, `confused`, `heart`, `hooray`, `rocket`, `eyes`) | |
 | `reactions-edit-mode` | The mode when updating comment reactions, `replace` or `append`. | `append` |
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 29d32e1f..95863791 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ inputs:
   body-file:
     description: 'Deprecated in favour of `body-path`.'
   edit-mode:
-    description: 'The mode when updating a comment, "replace" or "append".'
+    description: 'The mode when updating a comment, "append", or "replace", or "recreate".'
     default: 'append'
   append-separator:
     description: 'The separator to use when appending to an existing comment. (`newline`, `space`, `none`)'
diff --git a/src/create-or-update-comment.ts b/src/create-or-update-comment.ts
index f6be7b93..68f89d04 100644
--- a/src/create-or-update-comment.ts
+++ b/src/create-or-update-comment.ts
@@ -151,35 +151,52 @@ async function updateComment(
   octokit,
   owner: string,
   repo: string,
+  issueNumber: number,
   commentId: number,
   body: string,
   editMode: string,
   appendSeparator: string
 ): Promise<number> {
-  if (body) {
-    let commentBody = ''
-    if (editMode == 'append') {
-      // Get the comment body
-      const {data: comment} = await octokit.rest.issues.getComment({
-        owner: owner,
-        repo: repo,
-        comment_id: commentId
-      })
-      commentBody = appendSeparatorTo(
-        comment.body ? comment.body : '',
-        appendSeparator
-      )
-    }
-    commentBody = truncateBody(commentBody + body)
-    core.debug(`Comment body: ${commentBody}`)
-    await octokit.rest.issues.updateComment({
+  if (!body) {
+    return commentId
+  }
+
+  if (editMode == 'recreate') {
+    await octokit.rest.issues.deleteComment({
       owner: owner,
       repo: repo,
-      comment_id: commentId,
-      body: commentBody
+      comment_id: commentId
+    })
+    core.info(`Removed comment id '${commentId}'.`)
+
+    return await createComment(octokit, owner, repo, issueNumber, body)
+  }
+
+  let commentBody = ''
+  if (editMode == 'append') {
+    // Get the comment body
+    const {data: comment} = await octokit.rest.issues.getComment({
+      owner: owner,
+      repo: repo,
+      comment_id: commentId
     })
-    core.info(`Updated comment id '${commentId}'.`)
+    commentBody = appendSeparatorTo(
+      comment.body ? comment.body : '',
+      appendSeparator
+    )
   }
+
+  commentBody = truncateBody(commentBody + body)
+  core.debug(`Comment body: ${commentBody}`)
+
+  await octokit.rest.issues.updateComment({
+    owner: owner,
+    repo: repo,
+    comment_id: commentId,
+    body: commentBody
+  })
+  core.info(`Updated comment id '${commentId}'.`)
+
   return commentId
 }
 
@@ -247,6 +264,7 @@ export async function createOrUpdateComment(
         octokit,
         owner,
         repo,
+        inputs.issueNumber,
         inputs.commentId,
         body,
         inputs.editMode,
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index ba8e259f..9c6168c7 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     }
     core.debug(`Inputs: ${inspect(inputs)}`)
 
-    if (!['append', 'replace'].includes(inputs.editMode)) {
+    if (!['append', 'replace', 'recreate'].includes(inputs.editMode)) {
       throw new Error(`Invalid edit-mode '${inputs.editMode}'.`)
     }