# Change .kibana index name

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-kibana-index-name/272812>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 12, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-kibana-index-name/272812 "2021-05-12T13:15:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SRIGURU\_VEL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sriguru_vel/32/88656_2.png) [@SRIGURU\_VEL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SRIGURU_VEL)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-kibana-index-name/272812/1 "2021-05-12T13:15:23Z")

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hii to all,

i need solution for,  
how to change default index name to custom name for .kibana?

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**Author:** ![Marco\_Liberati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marco_liberati/32/82953_2.png) [@Marco\_Liberati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marco_Liberati)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-kibana-index-name/272812/2 "2021-05-12T15:27:45Z")

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Hi @SRIGURU_VEL ,

it is possible to change the `.kibana` index name to a custom one (with some naming constraints) via the `kibana.yml`: [Configure Kibana | Kibana Guide [7.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/settings.html)

Note that this is a deprecated feature and, as reported in the documentation page, it will be removed in version 8.0.

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**Author:** ![SRIGURU\_VEL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sriguru_vel/32/88656_2.png) [@SRIGURU\_VEL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SRIGURU_VEL)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-kibana-index-name/272812/3 "2021-05-13T06:02:54Z")

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thanks @Marco_Liberati

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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:** [June 10, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-kibana-index-name/272812/4 "2021-06-10T06:03:16Z")

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