# Header search disappears on login site settings

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-search-disappears-on-login-site-settings/377612
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [August 6, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-search-disappears-on-login-site-settings/377612 "2025-08-06T20:23:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-search-disappears-on-login-site-settings/377612/1 "2025-08-06T20:23:05Z")

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> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/4013d1ffb8b96b7ecc7ee45f64499df432ef237e/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/header/contents.gjs#L48>

Can this be checked more specifically? I just noticed that the search bar disappears when I look at the login site settings (`/admin/site_settings/category/login`).

 ![Screenshot_20250806_221344_Firefox](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/8/c/e8ce782828c386c0f46edc7e49c8d7e11622735a.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20250806_221317_Firefox](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/4/e/94e33adae9e2534e857040fe0ae32013c3fd6f04.jpeg)

But a badge name can also cause it to be hidden (`/badges/116/signup`). Probably other things (e.g., groups) as well.

 ![Screenshot_20250806_221407_Firefox](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/7/e/87ea5853e503780c14546d73130f3b86d7cb0d55.jpeg)

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### Author: ![yuriy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/yuriy/32/498097_2.png) [@yuriy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yuriy)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-search-disappears-on-login-site-settings/377612/5 "2025-08-18T06:27:58Z")

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Thank you for catching this, @Moin!

The fix was made in [FIX: hide header search for certain routes by yuriyaran · Pull Request #34294 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/34294).

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### Author: ![yuriy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/yuriy/32/498097_2.png) [@yuriy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yuriy)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-search-disappears-on-login-site-settings/377612/7 "2025-08-27T19:50:06Z")

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