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title: "Internal notes in the TYPO3 backend"
manual: "Tutorial for Editors"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3editors:internal-notes@main"
source: "HelpInside/InternalNotes/Index.rst"
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# Internal notes in the TYPO3 backend {#internal-notes}

> [!NOTE]
> These are only available if [`typo3/cms-sys-note`](https://packagist.org/packages/typo3/cms-sys-note) is installed
> and your administrator granted you the necessary user rights.

Internal notes, also called system notes, are small text notes that are
displayed in the [Layout module](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3editors:content-creating@main)
and [Record module](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3editors:using-the-list-module-effectively@main).

You can use them to write notes to yourself or other editors. Administrators
can use them to write notes to you as well.

They look like this:

![Screenshot of a TODO note on the top of the "Page" backend module](../../Images/ManualScreenshots/Page/PageWithSysNote.png)

![Screenshot demonstrating the location of the "Create internal note" button in the module header of the Content Layout module](../../Images/ManualScreenshots/Page/sys_note_create.png)

> [!NOTE]
> **See also**
>
> For a detailed description on how to use the internal notes see
> [System notes manual, for Editors](https://docs.typo3.org/c/typo3/cms-sys-note/main/en-us/Editor/Index.html#for-editors).