# Changing default quality gate

A default quality gate is defined in your organization: any project that is not explicitly associated with a quality gate, is associated with its organization’s default quality gate. The default quality gate is indicated in the UI with the `DEFAULT` tag.

By default, the default quality gate is the built-in quality gate **Sonar way**. You can set any built-in or custom quality gate as the default quality gate. Check the [Understanding quality gates](/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-gates/introduction-to-quality-gates.md) page for instructions.

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If you set as default a quality gate that is explicitly associated with projects, the explicit association is not shown anymore in the UI but is not removed: if you change again the default quality gate, the explicit association will show up again.
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To change the default quality gate:

1. Retrieve your organization. See [Retrieving your organizations](/sonarqube-cloud/getting-started/viewing-organizations.md) for details.
2. Go to **Quality Gates**.
3. In the left panel, select the quality gate you want to set as default.
4. In the top right corner of the quality gate, select the actions menu and then **Set as default**.

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/doDXU18Pb286fJckNNb6" alt="Setting a default quality gate"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

## Related pages <a href="#related-pages" id="related-pages"></a>

* [Understanding quality gates](/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-gates/introduction-to-quality-gates.md)
* [Viewing a quality gate](/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-gates/viewing-quality-gate.md)
* [Managing custom quality gates](/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-gates/managing-custom-quality-gates.md)
* [Associating a quality gate with projects](/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-gates/associating-projects-with-quality-gate.md)
* [Subscribing to email notifications](/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-account/notifications.md)
* [Quality gates for AI code](/sonarqube-cloud/standards/ai-code-assurance/quality-gates-for-ai-code.md)
* [Quality gate](/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-projects/project-analysis/changing-quality-gate.md)


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