# Allowed to change Kibana/logo text without breaking license?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allowed-to-change-kibana-logo-text-without-breaking-license/150666>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 2, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allowed-to-change-kibana-logo-text-without-breaking-license/150666 "2018-10-02T08:49:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sjaak01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sjaak01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sjaak01)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allowed-to-change-kibana-logo-text-without-breaking-license/150666/1 "2018-10-02T08:49:47Z")

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Hi,

I'm running Elasticsearch on Elasticcloud and Kibana on a separate server outside Elasticcloud. To what extent am I allowed to change the Kibana look?

I have changed the Kibana logo, browser title and loading text and the x-pack login screen background. One of the files I adjusted is `login.style.css`. Inside this file it says `"you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License".` None of the other files I edited contained such (or any other) messages.

I am unsure what the license allows/not allows. Am I allowed to make the changes I made?

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**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allowed-to-change-kibana-logo-text-without-breaking-license/150666/2 "2018-10-04T11:32:15Z")

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The terms of the Elastic license can be found here:

- [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/licenses/ELASTIC-LICENSE.txt](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/licenses/ELASTIC-LICENSE.txt)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allowed-to-change-kibana-logo-text-without-breaking-license/150666/3 "2018-11-01T11:32:17Z")

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