# General notices

Source: https://instatus.com/help/incident-response/general-notices

General notices let you pin persistent announcements to your status page. Use them for policy updates, scheduled changes, or any information that isn't tied to a specific incident or maintenance window.

## Add a general notice

Login to your Instatus at [instatus.com/login](https://dashboard.instatus.com/login) then choose your status page.

Go to **Maintenance → General notices** and click **Add a general notice**.

- **Title**: A short headline for the notice.
- **Message**: A detailed description in markdown.
- **Collapse this notice**: Optionally collapse the notice so it takes up less space on your status page.

Click **Add notice**, and it will appear on your public status page right away.

Your general notice is now live on your status page.

## Manage notices

From the dashboard you can:

- **Search**: Find notices by title or content.
- **Edit**: Update the title, message, or collapsed state at any time.
- **Delete**: Remove one or multiple notices at once.
- **Export**: Download your notices as a CSV file.

## How notices appear on your status page

- **Expanded notices** show inline alongside active incidents and maintenances.
- **Collapsed notices** are grouped behind a collapsible header so visitors can expand them when needed.
- Notices are sorted by creation date, newest first.

- [Get started with Incidents](https://instatus.com/help/incident-response/incidents): Learn how to add and manage incidents.
- [Schedule maintenance periods](https://instatus.com/help/incident-response/maintenance): Learn how to schedule maintenance periods.