# I want rename existing Node
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-rename-existing-node/121291
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 23, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-rename-existing-node/121291 "2018-02-23T21:11:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@pingmehere](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pingmehere)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-rename-existing-node/121291/1 "2018-02-23T21:11:04Z")
Hi,
I want to change my existing default node to something meaning full. Can anyone help me with the step by step proces.
Thanks
Manu
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-rename-existing-node/121291/2 "2018-02-23T21:22:23Z")
Stop the node
Change node.name setting
Start
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### Author:  [@pingmehere](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pingmehere)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-rename-existing-node/121291/3 "2018-02-23T21:39:23Z")
Thanks for the prompt reply but please could you help me with step by step process or you can provide link/url where I can get step by step process, I'm very new just started working with it.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-rename-existing-node/121291/4 "2018-02-23T22:12:33Z")
What is unclear in what I wrote?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-rename-existing-node/121291/5 "2018-03-23T22:12:57Z")
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