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# Changing default quality gate
A default quality gate is defined in your instance: any project that is not explicitly associated with a quality gate, is associated with the 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. See the [Understanding quality gates](/sonarqube-community-build/quality-standards-administration/managing-quality-gates/introduction-to-quality-gates.md#quality-gate-and-new-code) article to review and update your quality gate.
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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. In the top navigation bar, select **Quality Gates**.
2. In the left panel, select the quality gate you want to set as default.
3. In the top right corner of the quality gate, select the Actions button and then **Set as default**.
## Related pages
* [Understanding quality gates](/sonarqube-community-build/quality-standards-administration/managing-quality-gates/introduction-to-quality-gates.md)
* [Viewing a quality gate](/sonarqube-community-build/quality-standards-administration/managing-quality-gates/viewing-quality-gate.md)
* [Managing custom quality gates](/sonarqube-community-build/quality-standards-administration/managing-quality-gates/managing-custom-quality-gates.md)
* [Associating a quality gate with projects](/sonarqube-community-build/quality-standards-administration/managing-quality-gates/associating-projects-with-quality-gate.md)
* [Subscribing to notifications](/sonarqube-community-build/user-guide/managing-your-account/subscribing-to-notifications.md)
* [Changing quality gate](/sonarqube-community-build/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/changing-quality-gate-and-fudge-factor.md)
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