# Changing the names of things in Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-names-of-things-in-discourse/134526>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [November 27, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-names-of-things-in-discourse/134526 "2019-11-27T10:52:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-names-of-things-in-discourse/134526/2 "2019-11-27T11:03:21Z")

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You can do all of this in the admin User Interface. Just search for “Group” and “Category” in the customize text section:

> [@Customize text in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-all-text-in-discourse/36092):
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> bookmark This is a guide for customizing text in Discourse via the admin interface, enabling changes to various UI elements. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator In Discourse, you can customize all of the text via the admin interface. This can be useful for tailoring the user experience to better fit the particular tone or branding of your community. Summary This guide will cover: Accessing the text customization interface Editing text strings Identifying translatio…

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