Removing the welcome panel on WordPress dashboard

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How to remove the Welcome Panel front the admin dashboard

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Option 1: Use the dismiss option

Click on Dismiss on the top right corner of the Welcome panel:

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Option 2: Use screen elements

1. Click on Screen Option on the top right corner on the dashboard
2. On the screen element,  Uncheck the Welcome option to disable the Welcome panel on the dashboard:
   

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Option 3:  Use a custom code snippet

1. Log in to your WordPress site with an administrator account.
2. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Appearance, and then click Theme Editor:
   
3. On the Theme Editor page, you will see a list of all the files related to your theme on the right column under “Theme Files”:
   

4. Click on “functions.php” and scroll down to the end of the page. Add the following code to the end of the file:

remove_action('welcome_panel', 'wp_welcome_panel');
	
```![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wp-dashboard-4.png)

5. Click on the Update File button to save the changes.Click on the Dashboard, the welcome screen will not be displayed anymore.![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wp-dashboard-2.png)

## More information

For more information about the please visit the following link: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-editor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-editor/) 

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