# Renaming FAQ to Guidelines

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-faq-to-guidelines/395099
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [February 4, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-faq-to-guidelines/395099 "2026-02-04T01:38:21Z")
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### Author: ![martin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/martin/32/491371_2.png) [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-faq-to-guidelines/395099/1 "2026-02-04T01:38:21Z")

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We are renaming the `/faq` URL to `/guidelines` . This better reflects the original intent of the [community guidelines](https://meta.discourse.org/guidelines) bundled with the Discourse forum software.

When you opt in to this change, the following link and `/faq` URL:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/7/7/b77a5824c622fc2728ace03a2c71633c75795993.png)

Will point to `/guidelines` instead:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/8/d/b8dd489835b744a9d3aac2e42b1b0ba1761169ce.png)

If you have an actual FAQ hosted somewhere that you want to link to, the `faq_url` site setting is still usable, and will override the sidebar link.

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