# Why hide the link to /admin/upgrade?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-hide-the-link-to-admin-upgrade/56275>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [January 24, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-hide-the-link-to-admin-upgrade/56275 "2017-01-24T16:34:01Z")\
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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> Could we have a “check for updates” link?

Where are you thinking it could go?

I find that UIs can become less friendly the more crowded they become.

Maybe the best place to squeeze it in would be the dashboard page?

I don’t think it would need to be a “there are updates available” thing. But a link for Admins somewhere would be nice.

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