# What happens if I delete a badge?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-if-i-delete-a-badge/50255>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [2016年九月16日 20:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-if-i-delete-a-badge/50255 "2016-09-16T20:34:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![hross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@hross](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hross)\
**Post date:** [2016年九月16日 20:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-if-i-delete-a-badge/50255/1 "2016-09-16T20:34:42Z")

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We are currently rethinking badges - looking to align them more with our specific community goals and the level of participation we are seeing. As part of this, there are some “out of the box” badges we are considering deleting (or not using). If we delete a badge - will community members who have earned the badge be notified in some way? Will it just disappear? Or is there another deprecation method that exists?

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2016年九月16日 20:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-if-i-delete-a-badge/50255/2 "2016-09-16T20:50:11Z")

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@sam can advise you here. I believe there are two settings, “disable all badges” or “enable all badges”. I don’t know if there is an in-between state where you can selectively enable the built in badges or not.

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**Author:** ![Denis\_Didkovsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Denis\_Didkovsky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Didkovsky)\
**Post date:** [2016年十二月22日 13:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-if-i-delete-a-badge/50255/3 "2016-12-22T13:15:10Z")

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Hello all, we also be interested in deleting some basic Discourse badges (or disablig part of it) like “Fist link” etc and adding some custom ones. The question is if they will appear again after upgrade and overall stability of the forum? thx

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**Author:** ![Yuun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/977dab/32.png) [@Yuun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yuun)\
**Post date:** [2016年十二月22日 13:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-if-i-delete-a-badge/50255/4 "2016-12-22T13:20:41Z")

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I’ve disabled a small number of the default badges on my forum (uncheck the “enable this badge” checkbox, no need to delete them). No issues.

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**Author:** ![Denis\_Didkovsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Denis\_Didkovsky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Didkovsky)\
**Post date:** [2016年十二月22日 13:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-if-i-delete-a-badge/50255/5 "2016-12-22T13:21:56Z")

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It worked. Great thx

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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [2017年二月28日 15:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-if-i-delete-a-badge/50255/6 "2017-02-28T15:52:21Z")

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