# How does one enable the "Optional personal message" when creating an invitation?

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**Created:** [May 11, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-enable-the-optional-personal-message-when-creating-an-invitation/190059 "2021-05-11T14:21:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-enable-the-optional-personal-message-when-creating-an-invitation/190059/2 "2021-05-11T15:27:58Z")

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There shouldn’t be any setting changes required, assuming you haven’t otherwise disabled invites. To add a personal message, you need to expand the invite modal via the “advanced” button (⚙). Then you should see additional options for your invite including the message.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/1/618f5258dc9e42793f18963a2f0c263b9b70b8c9.png)

Once advanced options have been opened, you’ll see the optional personal message along with other configurable options. (note this screenshot is from a staff user, regular users will not see all the options)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/8/a86e6f78e261b75184f9ab085b5dbc1c78118639.png)

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