# Change or extend a campaign

> Use Edit campaign or Add badge in the campaign's menu. Before a campaign starts you can change everything; once it's running you can only move the end date, add badges and change the reminder.

- Product: Recognition › Campaigns
- Who can do this: Super admins
- Plan: Recognition. Campaigns
- Where: Admin dashboard
- Last checked: 15 Oct 2026
- Web page: https://www.vantagecircle.com/en/help/recognition/campaigns/change-or-extend-a-campaign/

Go to **Recognition → Campaigns** and open the menu (three dots) at the end of the campaign's row. You can also select the campaign's name to open its page, which has the same actions as buttons.

![The menu of the active campaign Q4 Kudos week, showing Add badge, Edit campaign and Stop campaign](https://cdn.vantagecircle.com/image/upload/q_auto,f_auto/v1792133394/vantagecircle/help-centre/en/recognition/campaigns/campaign-actions-menu-c08e1548aa67e23c.png)

What you can change depends on the campaign's status:

| | Scheduled | Active |
|---|---|---|
| Name, start date and description | Yes | No |
| End date | Yes | Yes |
| Add badges | Yes | Yes |
| Remove badges | Yes | No |
| Invitation email | Yes | No, it's already sent |
| Reminder email | Yes | Yes |

**Completed** and **Stopped** campaigns can't be changed. Their menu only offers **View report**.

## Extend or shorten a running campaign

1. Select **Edit campaign**. A running campaign opens on the **Badges** step.
2. Go back to **Details**. The note says "This campaign is active. You can change only the end date."
3. Change **End date**. It can't be before today.
4. Select **Save changes**.

The reminder email goes out the day before the new end date. To end a campaign today, you can also [stop it](/en/help/recognition/campaigns/stop-a-campaign-early/).

## Add badges

The quickest way is **Add badge** in the menu. Choose one or more badges and select **Add badges**. They're added straight away.

In **Edit campaign**, badge changes are only kept when you select **Save changes**. Leaving without saving keeps the campaign as it was.

Only campaign badges that aren't in another campaign can be added. To make a new one, use **Create badge** in the list of badges.

## Remove badges

You can only remove badges before the campaign starts. Select the bin icon on the badge, on the **Badges** step or on the campaign's page.

A campaign with no badges can't be used. If it has none on its start date, no invitation email goes out.

## Change the emails

Go to the **Emails** step and pick a different **Template**, or select **Customise** to edit one. Once a campaign is running, you'll see "This campaign is active. Its invitation has already been sent, so you can change only the reminder."