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title: "How to edit Account Activation email text in Drupal 7"
description: "In addition to editing the Welcome mail text, you may also want to change the Account Activation email for your user. Editing the body text for your Account Activation email is easy in Drupal 7. To..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/set-activation-email/
date: 2012-06-27
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
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# How to edit Account Activation email text in Drupal 7

In addition to editing the Welcome mail text, you may also want to change the Account Activation email for your user. Editing the body text for your Account Activation email is easy in Drupal 7. To do so, perform the following steps.

**Modifying the Account Activation email in Drupal 7:**

1. [Log into your Drupal 7 Admin dashboard](/support/edu/drupal/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard/).
2. Find the **Configuration **option on the top menu bar and click on that option.[![_main-dashboard-configuration](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration__main-dashboard-configuration.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration__main-dashboard-configuration.png)
3. You are now on the **Configuration **screen. Find the **People **category and click on the **Account Settings **link.
4. This brings you to the **Account Settings **screen. Be sure you are set to the **Settings **Tab, found in the upper right part of the screen. Under the **Emails **section, click on the **Account Acticvation** menu option. From there, edit the message in the **Body **section.[![config-people-account-email-activate](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings_config-people-account-email-activate.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings_config-people-account-email-activate.png)
5. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on the **Save Configuration** button.

You now know how to change the Account Activation email in Drupal 7.