# First notification tip is shown even when welcome message is disabled or delayed

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-notification-tip-is-shown-even-when-welcome-message-is-disabled-or-delayed/378716
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** user-tips
**Created:** [August 15, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-notification-tip-is-shown-even-when-welcome-message-is-disabled-or-delayed/378716 "2025-08-15T09:57:15Z")
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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-notification-tip-is-shown-even-when-welcome-message-is-disabled-or-delayed/378716/2 "2025-08-15T10:40:22Z")

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I think the welcome message refers to Discobot’s PM, not the new user tips (so is this by design?). I think the setting you’re looking for is `enable user tips`, which disables new user tips.

See also:

> [@New User Tips](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-tips/243763):
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> In the latest beta of Discourse, we introduced user tips explaining the most important features of Discourse (enabled by default; to disable it, navigate to your site setting and search for “enable user tips”). At this moment, there are user tips for: first notification topic timeline post menu topic notification level suggested topics admin guide: getting started ([shown to admins on new sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updates-to-new-site-experience-and-the-getting-started-guide/273189)) camera_flash Screenshots

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