# Removing Welcome and Returning User notes from posts after a set time
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-welcome-and-returning-user-notes-from-posts-after-a-set-time/260934
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** post-notices
**Created:** [April 7, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-welcome-and-returning-user-notes-from-posts-after-a-set-time/260934 "2023-04-07T12:21:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-welcome-and-returning-user-notes-from-posts-after-a-set-time/260934/1 "2023-04-07T12:21:50Z")
They have caused confusion in a couple of cases where browsing the historic posts has given a misleading impression of what the post notice meant. For example:
[Discourse claims that someone didn't not post for certain years but posted in a different date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-claims-that-someone-didnt-not-post-for-6-years-but-posted-in-september-2021/260929)
["Last post" message apparently wrong](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-post-message-apparently-wrong/226658)
[Notice about user not seen for a long time above post they just wrote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notice-about-user-not-seen-for-a-long-time-above-post-they-just-wrote/129683)
I think the older post notices can be hidden from individual sites using a little CSS:
> [@Post notices for first-time and returning users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078/1):
>
> ```plaintext
> .post-notice.old {
> display: none;
> }
>
> ```
However, I think after a certain window of time these notices become relatively meaningless and serve only as extra noise, which I think applies to all sites. It would be useful if these notices could tidy themselves up after their usefulness had passed.
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### Author:  [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-welcome-and-returning-user-notes-from-posts-after-a-set-time/260934/2 "2023-04-07T16:51:55Z")
Makes sense to me.
It seems there is already code to de-emphasize the notices (that’s what the “old” css works on). From the linked post, that happens after 14 days. Maybe remove it completely after that?
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### Author:  [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-welcome-and-returning-user-notes-from-posts-after-a-set-time/260934/3 "2023-04-09T11:24:47Z")
> [@JammyDodger](#):
>
> However, I think after a certain window of time these notices become relatively meaningless and serve only as extra noise, which I think applies to all sites. It would be useful if these notices could tidy themselves up after their usefulness had passed.
Maybe it would be a good idea to just have `.post-notice.old: display: none;` shipped in the default CSS so people can always override it if they want to. That makes the change very small and it leverages the existing `.old` functionality.
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### Author:  [@VSCPlays](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VSCPlays)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-welcome-and-returning-user-notes-from-posts-after-a-set-time/260934/4 "2023-04-09T12:23:23Z")
If you don’t own a discourse forum, You can use [Stylus](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylus/clngdbkpkpeebahjckkjfobafhncgmne?hl=en) Chrome Extension and add the code provided in the post to hide it 🙂
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-welcome-and-returning-user-notes-from-posts-after-a-set-time/260934/5 "2023-04-09T12:40:47Z")
Would that effect only those automatic notes this topic is about or would it also hide the staff notices after two weeks?
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### Author:  [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-welcome-and-returning-user-notes-from-posts-after-a-set-time/260934/6 "2023-10-26T03:05:50Z")
> [@Moin](#):
>
> Would that [` .post-notice.old: display: none;`] effect only those automatic notes this topic is about or would it also hide the staff notices after two weeks?
The CSS in page code doesn’t appear to differentiate new/returning user notices from staff notices, though these are very different types of notices. So, as near as I can tell, suppressing old notices via CSS suppresses all of them.
I would like to hide old new/returning user notices, but absolutely to **retain** the staff notices. Wondering if anyone can think of a workaround for this (short of [asking Discourse to include tag classes in the CSS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078/10))?
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### Author:  [@Isambard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Isambard)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-welcome-and-returning-user-notes-from-posts-after-a-set-time/260934/7 "2024-08-22T10:50:01Z")
> [@ToddZ](#):
>
> I would like to hide old new/returning user notices
Is there a direct setting to disable returning user notices? I don’t see the value in this and some find it intrusive to their privacy.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-welcome-and-returning-user-notes-from-posts-after-a-set-time/260934/8 "2024-08-22T10:53:53Z")
You can select the trust level to which these are shown with the `returning user notice tl` and `new user notice tl` site settings. Selecting TL4 will hide it for most users.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-welcome-and-returning-user-notes-from-posts-after-a-set-time/260934/9 "2025-06-03T07:04:03Z")
Just a little update on this one, @moin has created a theme component that can hide these older new and returning user post notices. 🙌
> [@Post Notice Visibility Control](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notice-visibility-control/368624):
>
> information_sourceSummary Customize visibility and style of post notices by type and agehammer_and_wrenchRepository [GitHub - moin-Jana/post-notice-visibility-control: Customize visibility and style of post notices by type and age](https://github.com/moin-Jana/post-notice-visibility-control)questionInstall Guide [How to install a theme or theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-install-a-theme-or-theme-component/63682)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme component This component lets you control how each type of post notice (ne…