diff --git a/app/templates/views/dashboard/_totals.html b/app/templates/views/dashboard/_totals.html
index fab3b0435..87d6c22eb 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/dashboard/_totals.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/dashboard/_totals.html
@@ -17,30 +17,9 @@
         <a class="usa-button usa-button--outline" href="{{ url_for('.view_notifications', service_id=service_id, message_type='sms', status='sending,delivered,failed') }}">
          Details
         </a>
-        {% if show_failures %}
-          <span class="big-number-status{% if statistics['sms']['show_warning'] is sameas true %} big-number-status--failing{% endif %}">
-            {% if statistics['sms']['failed'] %}
-              <a class="usa-link" href="{{ url_for('.view_notifications', service_id=service_id, message_type='sms', status='failed') }}">
-                {{ "{:,}".format(statistics['sms']['failed']) }}
-                failed – {{ statistics['sms']['failed_percentage'] }}%
-              </a>
-            {% else %}
-              No failures
-            {% endif %}
-          </span>
-        {% endif %}
+        {# Removing the failures area for now, as the user can click on the above link to see all the details.
+        In the future state of the dashboard, the all statuses will be more apparent with data visualizations #}
       </span>
       </div>
-      <!-- <div id="total-email" class="grid-col-6">
-        <span class="big-number-with-status pilot-disabled">
-          <a class="usa-link display-block margin-bottom-1">
-            <span class="big-number-smaller">
-              <span class="big-number-number">0</span>
-              <span class="big-number-label">emails sent</span>
-            </span>
-          </a>
-          <span class="big-number-status">No failures</span>
-        </span>
-      </div> -->
     </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
index 37674e797..7d0ae9227 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ def test_should_not_show_recent_templates_on_dashboard_if_only_one_template_used
     expected_count = stats[0]["count"]
     assert expected_count == 50
     assert normalize_spaces(page.select_one("#total-sms .big-number-smaller").text) == (
-        "{} text messages sent".format(expected_count)
+        "{} text messages sent in the last seven days".format(expected_count)
     )