# What do the numbers in the titles of dashboard gramplets mean?

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**Created:** [September 14, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-do-the-numbers-in-the-titles-of-dashboard-gramplets-mean/9987 "2026-09-14T03:23:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![codefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@codefarmer](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/codefarmer)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-do-the-numbers-in-the-titles-of-dashboard-gramplets-mean/9987/1 "2026-09-14T03:23:43Z")

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Gramps 6.0.8 on Windows

Some of the gramplets on the dashboard have numbers after the names. I haven’t been able to correlate them to anything in particular. What do they indicate? See the three gramplets (What’s Next, Latest Changes & To Do) in the right side of the image below for example; the gramplets in the left column (Top Surnames, This Day in Family History) don’t have numbers after them.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/d/df22ff9a42adfb389bdc7805c001c5f1ce6b8fb7.png)

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**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-do-the-numbers-in-the-titles-of-dashboard-gramplets-mean/9987/2 "2026-09-14T03:50:50Z")

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They just mean you added another copy of the same Gramplet to the Dashboard in a session. You are allowed more than 1 instance. But it is more likely that you added a Gramplet, removed it, and added it again. (Instead of using the **Restore a gramplet** menu.)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/0/0ca60597ff485f6b022a221846af9aac78d713ad.png)

The Dashboard allows renaming its gramplets. Just click the title to show a text editing box.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/7/72745e122c473339596fad78f4c358f4771c1548.png)

But it is easier to close the dashboard gramplets and restart Gramps. That resets the list of gramplets and the instance numbering resets too.

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**Author:** ![codefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@codefarmer](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/codefarmer)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-do-the-numbers-in-the-titles-of-dashboard-gramplets-mean/9987/3 "2026-09-14T11:23:33Z")

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That was it, thanks.

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**Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-do-the-numbers-in-the-titles-of-dashboard-gramplets-mean/9987/4 "2026-10-14T11:23:57Z")

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