# Change the default time filter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-default-time-filter/36001>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 1, 2015, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-default-time-filter/36001 "2015-12-01T08:10:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mohammed\_Abdul\_Khali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mohammed\_Abdul\_Khali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohammed_Abdul_Khali)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-default-time-filter/36001/1 "2015-12-01T08:10:58Z")

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Hi,

The default time filter in Kibana is "Last 15 minutes"

How can i set the default value to an absolute time? Is this possible?

Also can i set a default dashboard for Kibana?

Regards,  
Abdul

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**Author:** ![NilsBecker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nilsbecker/32/6243_2.png) [@NilsBecker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NilsBecker)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-default-time-filter/36001/2 "2015-12-01T08:31:10Z")

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You can change the time filter easily by **klicking on it** 😉  
and than on the left side you can choose "Quick", "Relative", " **Absolute**".

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/f/f7d7ea070ce1cccb555fd839a9b0ff6c1e731c23.png)

I'm not sure, but i think you can't set a default Dashboard at the moment.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-default-time-filter/36001/3 "2015-12-01T08:31:51Z")

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You can save the time range with a dashboard so that when users open it it shows that.

You cannot set a specific dashboard as default though. The only thing you can do is set a default app in `kibana.yml`;

```auto
# The default application to load.
# kibana.defaultAppId: "discover"

```

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**Author:** ![Mohammed\_Abdul\_Khali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mohammed\_Abdul\_Khali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohammed_Abdul_Khali)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-default-time-filter/36001/4 "2015-12-01T08:34:37Z")

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Hi ,

Thank you, but can i make it default? So that next time i log in , i need not change the filter again?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-default-time-filter/36001/5 "2017-07-06T14:07:48Z")

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