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## 22.6.4.3 Editing or Deleting Text Messages

Edit or delete translation messages by selecting the application and navigating to Shared Components, Globalization, Text Messages.

To edit or delete text messages:

1. Navigate to the Text Messages page:
   1. On the Workspace home page, click the App Builder icon.
   2. Select an application.
   3. Click Shared Components.
   4. Under Globalization, click Text Messages.

      The Text Messages page appears.

2. To edit text messages:
   1. On the Text Messages page, click the message Static ID.

      Create/Edit Text Message appears.

   2. Static ID - Enter a unique Static ID to identify this component in API calls or refer to it in application export files. If you change the Static ID, dependent components will retain their references, but any existing API calls using the old ID must be updated manually.

      For example, a good name for an error message text for a date validation could be: `NO_WEEKEND_DATES_ALLOWED`.

   3. Language - Select the language for which the message will be used.
   4. Used in JavaScript - Enable this flag if the message is used in `APEX.LANG.*` API calls in JavaScript code.
   5. Text - Enter the text to be returned when the text message is called.

      If the English text message contains positional substitution values (for example, `%0`, `%1`), ensure that your defined message also contains the same named and number of positional substitution values.

      For example, you could define the message `GREETING_MSG` in English as:

      `Good morning %0`

      Or, you could define the message `GREETING_MSG` in German as:

      `Guten Tag %0`

   6. Comment - Enter any developer comments or notes here. These comments only display within App Builder and never display when running the application.
   7. Click Apply Changes.
3. To delete a text message:
   1. On the Text Messages page, click the message Static ID.

      Create/Edit Text Message appears.

   2. Click Delete.
4. To access a Grid Edit page:
   1. Under Tasks, click Grid Edit.

      The Grid Edit page appears.

   2. Make the appropriate edits directly in the report.

      For Text, if the English text message contains positional substitution values (for example, `%0`, `%1`), ensure that your defined message also contains the same named and number of positional substitution values.

   3. Click Save.

      Tip:

      To add a new message from the Grid Edit page, click Add Row.

Parent topic: Managing Text Messages