# How to change the default index name of .Kibana
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-default-index-name-of-kibana/105735
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [October 30, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-default-index-name-of-kibana/105735 "2017-10-30T10:03:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@PrabakarKaruppasamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PrabakarKaruppasamy)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-default-index-name-of-kibana/105735/1 "2017-10-30T10:03:17Z")
Hello All,
How can we change the .kibana index to some other custom index name?
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### Author:  [@PrabakarKaruppasamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PrabakarKaruppasamy)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-default-index-name-of-kibana/105735/2 "2017-10-30T10:54:25Z")
Found Solution. Thanks
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### Author:  [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-default-index-name-of-kibana/105735/3 "2017-10-30T14:37:46Z")
For anyone searching, setting `kibana.index` in kibana.yml is what you're looking for. [Docs for reference](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/settings.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-default-index-name-of-kibana/105735/4 "2017-11-27T14:37:54Z")
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