# How to remove "Course starts in X months" reminder from pre-release courses

**URL:** <https://discuss.openedx.org/t/how-to-remove-course-starts-in-x-months-reminder-from-pre-release-courses/8027>\
**Category:** Site Operations Help\
**Created:** [August 7, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/how-to-remove-course-starts-in-x-months-reminder-from-pre-release-courses/8027 "2022-08-07T22:47:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rohan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@Rohan](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/Rohan)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/how-to-remove-course-starts-in-x-months-reminder-from-pre-release-courses/8027/1 "2022-08-07T22:47:50Z")

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I have a beta testing site where students are enrolled as beta users specifically before the course gets moved to the production site. However, there’s a little notice at the top of pages that says:

```auto
 **Course starts in 2 months on Sep 29, 2022.**
Don’t forget to add a calendar reminder!"

```

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/openedx/original/2X/4/46003948e1678a5ab83c2bfe00857d90096e31f3.png)

_That confuses some beta testers_ into thinking that the beta testing hasn’t started yet, and then they don’t start the class on time. How can I remove that notice? (Or perhaps how can I alter what it says so that it instead says “The beta will end on Sept 29 2022”? That string seems to be [here](https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/blob/master/conf/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/django.po), but is there a way to alter that besides forking edx-platform?)

And for that matter, is there a way to remove the “Dates” pseudo-tab at the top? (I can’t hide it with the eye-cancel the way I can the wiki on the Pages tab…)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/openedx/original/2X/e/e0015f89e879bc75925b71fd11133ab15fe98297.png) [@system](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/how-to-remove-course-starts-in-x-months-reminder-from-pre-release-courses/8027/2 "2022-11-05T22:48:15Z")

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