# How to remove the "snow" from Pluto notebooks

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-remove-the-snow-from-pluto-notebooks/77054>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** pluto\
**Created:** [February 25, 2022, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-remove-the-snow-from-pluto-notebooks/77054 "2022-02-25T10:38:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![natema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba9def/32.png) [@natema](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/natema)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-remove-the-snow-from-pluto-notebooks/77054/1 "2022-02-25T10:38:06Z")

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When I start a Pluto notebook, the first cell contains the message `Happy holiday! Remember to take care of yourself and your loved ones!` and there’s an animation going on on the notebook, with falling snow. I would like the notebook to start without that animation and message. I found the package [PlutoStyles](https://gitlab.com/aplavin/PlutoStyles.jl) but before diving into the CSS I was wondering if there’s a simpler solution.

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**Author:** ![feanor12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/feanor12/32/8212_2.png) [@feanor12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/feanor12)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-remove-the-snow-from-pluto-notebooks/77054/2 "2022-02-25T11:13:36Z")

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Does an update of pluto work? I don’t get those cells and I think it was only included in a special release.

Maybe the animation is also triggered by a function call inside the notebook.  
Does that cell call any special functions in addition to printing a message?

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**Author:** ![natema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba9def/32.png) [@natema](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/natema)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-remove-the-snow-from-pluto-notebooks/77054/3 "2022-02-25T12:51:12Z")

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Indeed, updating the package removes that extra cell, which was also responsible for the modified theme: deleting it gets rid of the snow flakes 😅 Thank you!