# Editing onscreen welcome message
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-onscreen-welcome-message/176677
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-onscreen-welcome-message/176677 "2021-01-20T11:25:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Viktor09](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viktor09)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-onscreen-welcome-message/176677/1 "2021-01-20T11:25:07Z")
We set up an onscreen welcome message for new users as shown in this screenshot:
Now I can’t figure out how to edit the text!
I’m going around in circles looking for this. Can someone put me out of my misery and point me to the right place? 😅
Thanks in advance.
Viktor
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### Author:  [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-onscreen-welcome-message/176677/2 "2021-01-20T11:32:43Z")
Hello Viktor 👋
Go to `/admin/customize/site_texts` and enter part of the welcome text there to search for it and edit it accordingly. Be sure to save it when done.
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### Author:  [@Viktor09](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viktor09)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-onscreen-welcome-message/176677/3 "2021-01-20T11:38:25Z")
Thanks for the reply, but I already tried that. If I search for “navigating” (for example) it comes up empty handed.
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### Author:  [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-onscreen-welcome-message/176677/4 "2021-01-20T11:49:32Z")
Try searching for the whole text?
Or wait, how did you originally create that? Is that a banner or you edited one of the default messages that show up for new users?
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### Author:  [@Viktor09](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viktor09)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-onscreen-welcome-message/176677/5 "2021-01-20T11:53:44Z")
It’s definitely not there under those texts.
I don’t really remember (it was 9 months ago…) but I guess it’s a banner? But if I search for “banner” under settings, it comes up with the “global notice”, which is blank, so it’s not that.
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### Author:  [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-onscreen-welcome-message/176677/6 "2021-01-20T12:02:30Z")
If it is a banner and you are an admin, you should see a `Edit this banner >>` link at the bottom, so maybe it is a theme customisation?
You can check your theme components and customisation and also search the forum for the text to see if it shows up.
[Creating a banner to display at the top of your site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-banner/153718) explains how banners are created and how to edit them, so you can cross check what I mentioned to be certain.
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### Author:  [@Viktor09](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viktor09)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-onscreen-welcome-message/176677/7 "2021-01-20T12:09:14Z")
Yes! This is it.
I don’t have an ‘Edit this banner’ link because I dismissed it months ago, so I don’t even see it as admin any more.
But yes, it’s a banner created in the way that linked topic describes, so I’ve now found it!
Thanks for your patience @osioke 😅 I really appreciate all your help.
Viktor
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-onscreen-welcome-message/176677/8 "2021-01-22T04:13:53Z")
On desktop, there is a link to the banner topic to edit. That might be omitted on mobile for space reasons? Yep, confirmed. That link is only on desktop:
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### Author:  [@Viktor09](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viktor09)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-onscreen-welcome-message/176677/9 "2021-01-22T08:51:24Z")
Thanks, Jeff, but that ‘Edit this banner’ link is only there if you haven’t already dismissed by the banner by clicking the X. Obviously doing so hides the banner – and therefore the edit link. The screenshot I posted was the view of a new user, not me as admin.
Anyway, Osioke solved this for me above, but thanks for taking the time.
Viktor
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-onscreen-welcome-message/176677/10 "2021-02-21T08:51:48Z")
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