# Is there any way to edit/delete default badges?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [July 8, 2014, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329 "2014-07-08T12:21:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@bankerrahul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bankerrahul)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2014, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/1 "2014-07-08T12:21:20Z")
Hi, I figured out that there’s no way to remove or edit the default badges in discourse. Is there any way to do it?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/2 "2014-07-08T12:22:49Z")
Not yet, but we will probably allow you to at least disable ones you don’t care about.
Why/what do you want to edit?
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### Author:  [@bankerrahul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bankerrahul)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/3 "2014-07-08T12:31:42Z")
I want to edit the names and make them as per the army ranks 😉 like Cadet, lieutenant, officer etc
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/4 "2014-07-08T12:48:57Z")
That change runs quite deep, you would need to edit the faq as well. I will see what I can do, it will take a bit.
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### Author:  [@Rahul\_Dhingra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rahul_Dhingra)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/6 "2014-07-08T14:54:22Z")
1+ for that i also need to change name of the badges as my forum subject does not gel with these kind of badges name so maybe if we can modify badge labels and images/icons that would be great
thanks
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### Author:  [@ankur\_jha](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ankur_jha)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/7 "2014-07-17T14:23:57Z")
I am assuming the change of the badge icons can be done with a change in the CSS? Will try it out and confirm
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/8 "2014-07-17T19:56:32Z")
Can be done in admin section
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### Author:  [@polusok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/polusok)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/9 "2014-12-18T13:12:08Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> Why/what do you want to edit?
Also my community is not big enough so I’d like to reduce limits as I see we don’t have posts with more than 20-30 messages or messages don’t have more than 3-10 likes. So for me those badges are useless as it shows zero count against each badge.
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### Author:  [@Yuun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yuun)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/10 "2016-01-30T14:21:01Z")
Forgive the necro, I’d just like to add my voice to those requesting this feature for the reason cited by polusok here. The current limits on these badges (likes, shares, etc) are too high to get any use in my low-mid activity community, and I’d like to be able to lower them to something achievable.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/11 "2016-01-30T22:54:12Z")
You can always disable the core badges you need to disable and make exact copies with adjusted limits…
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### Author:  [@Yuun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yuun)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/12 "2016-01-30T23:12:15Z")
Which is something I’ve now done, having _definitely_ thought of it before you mentioned it.
😓
At the risk of overindulging my OCD though, it still would be nice to just be able to edit the defaults. Unnecessary duplication of badges is making the list at admin/badges a bit unwieldy, and I haven’t even done that much with it yet.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/13 "2016-01-30T23:16:10Z")
The issue though is that we need to track that you changed that default, further more you could change the default, break the badge, and then we would never be able to correct it for you.
I think its far safer not to allow people to much with SQL on stock badges.
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### Author:  [@Yuun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yuun)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/14 "2016-01-30T23:20:06Z")
Ah okay, I was unaware of that particular wrinkle. I wasn’t assuming this was being withheld due to malice, but it’s still good to know the reason - thanks for the note.
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### Author:  [@gxjansen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gxjansen)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/16 "2017-08-16T21:02:25Z")
I would also like to be able to edit the badge names because my forum is in Dutch but all the badge names are in English…
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### Author:  [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/17 "2017-08-16T22:33:12Z")
You can rename badges in `Customize` → `Text Content`. Just search for `badges` or the badge name you want to translate.
Oh, and here’s a screenshot of where you’ll find it in the administration if your language is Dutch. 😉
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If you want, you can join the [Dutch translation team on Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/discourse/discourse-org/language/nl/) and help translate Discourse into your language.
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### Author:  [@gxjansen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gxjansen)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/18 "2017-08-16T23:01:47Z")
Yeah… except that that doesn’t work since the default badge titles are greyed out… 🙂
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### Author:  [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/19 "2017-08-16T23:05:13Z")
Of course that’s disabled, but I did suggest a completely different solution.
Please read my post again… there’s even a screenshot that points you in the right direction. 😉
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### Author:  [@damthanhbinh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/damthanhbinh)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/20 "2018-12-19T07:29:45Z")
Me two, I like army ranks
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-delete-default-badges/17329/21 "2025-12-04T11:31:04Z")