---
title: "Enabling users signatures in Drupal 8"
description: "Enabling user signatures can be a nice feature for your site members. This can allow them a small amount of customization for their accounts. Some site admins disallow the feature due to spamming..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/enable-signature/
date: 2013-11-13
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Enabling users signatures in Drupal 8

Enabling user signatures can be a nice feature for your site members. This can allow them a small amount of customization for their accounts. Some site admins disallow the feature due to spamming potential, but if you decide you want to allow signatures in your Drupal 8 site, follow the instructions below.

## How to enable user signatures

1. [Log into your administrative dashboard.](/support/edu/drupal/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard/).
2. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-configuration.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-configuration.png) Using the top menu bars, click on **Menu** and then **Configuration** from the second menu bar.
3. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_106_enable-user-signatures_1-account-settings.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_106_enable-user-signatures_1-account-settings.png) The next screen is the main *Configuration* screen. The top left section is the *People* section. From there, click on the **Account Settings**link to continue.
4. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_106_enable-user-signatures_2-enable-signature.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_106_enable-user-signatures_2-enable-signature.png) Now that you are on the *Account settings* page, look for the *Personalization* section. There is a toggle box named **Enable Signatures**. Click that checkbox to enable personal signatures within your site.
5. Once you have checked the *Enable signatures* checkbox, click on the **Save configuration** button at the bottom of the page to activate the change.