# Kibana change/translate web UI

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-change-translate-web-ui/357605>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 17, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-change-translate-web-ui/357605 "2024-04-17T11:01:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![belutak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/belutak/32/133244_2.png) [@belutak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/belutak)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-change-translate-web-ui/357605/1 "2024-04-17T11:01:00Z")

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I've been attempting to translate my instance of Kibana 7.17 and have encountered a problem that I couldn't resolve for a week, so I'm hoping someone can assist me.

There are two main tasks I'm trying to accomplish:

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To leave only the "Dashboard" option in the user interface.
How to translate words that are not in the translation JSON file, such as the word "Dashboard"?

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I've replaced everything in the Chinese translation file with my desired keyword - "jafazec," but there are still some fields that have not changed, as shown in the picture.

Based on this image, how would I change "Home," "Analytics," and everything under them, such as "Enterprise Search," to another language? Additionally, how can I remove options that I don't need from the web UI? For example, how do I remove the entire "Security" section or the complete "Observability" feature set?

I've tried inspecting elements on the page itself, but I cannot find the class under which their names are when I search through the project.

Any insights or assistance on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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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:** [April 17, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-change-translate-web-ui/357605/2 "2024-04-17T14:35:30Z")

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Hi @belutak

have you checked already the `"management.settings.categoryNames.*` keys in the translation JSON files?

I can see some, like `enterprise search` there. I cannot see `Dashboard` anywhere, I can confirm that.

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**Author:** ![belutak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/belutak/32/133244_2.png) [@belutak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/belutak)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-change-translate-web-ui/357605/3 "2024-04-18T09:45:48Z")

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> [@Marco\_Liberati](#):
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> "management.settings.categoryNames.\*

This string does not exist in entire Kibana project.  
Some part of this string was found in the project:

> kibana/packages/kbn-i18n/GUIDELINE.md: id="kbn.management.settings.form.noSearchResultText"  
> kibana/packages/kbn-i18n/GUIDELINE.md: id="kbn.management.settings.form.clearNoSearchResultText"

but that is all. So where did you see this:

> "management.settings.categoryNames.\*

Also, any idea how could i remove categories, for example to leave only dashboard as option and remove - Overview, Discover... Maps, Machine Learning, Alerts...

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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:** [April 22, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-change-translate-web-ui/357605/4 "2024-04-22T08:20:22Z")

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Those have been introduced in Elastic stack 8.12.