# Kibana: Show ‘Access Denied’ instead of ‘Application Not Found’ for read-only users

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-show-access-denied-instead-of-application-not-found-for-read-only-users/385666>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 27, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-show-access-denied-instead-of-application-not-found-for-read-only-users/385666 "2026-03-27T13:55:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Santhosh\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Santhosh\_3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Santhosh_3)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-show-access-denied-instead-of-application-not-found-for-read-only-users/385666/1 "2026-03-27T13:55:01Z")

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Hi, I would like to change the message displayed in Kibana from “Application Not Found” to “Access Denied” for users with viewer (read-only) access. Is it possible to customize or configure this behaviour?

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**Author:** ![Tortoise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tortoise/32/147587_2.png) [@Tortoise](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tortoise)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-show-access-denied-instead-of-application-not-found-for-read-only-users/385666/2 "2026-03-28T06:01:44Z")

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> [@Santhosh\_3](#):
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> Hi, I would like to change the message displayed in Kibana from “Application Not Found” to “Access Denied” for users with viewer (read-only) access. Is it possible to customize or configure this behaviour?

Hello @Santhosh_3

Can you please check if the URL used is correct as i do not think the issue is related to viewer role.

When i try to access any random URL like :

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/7/275b21a97e42460bdfb15796ed8c051d08146296.png)

Correct URL with viewer permission :

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/8/587fd7bab1c48e98b805def9fd426b569a7dbfc3.png)

Still i do not think there is any settings to change this message, you will have to perform the customization at your end.

Thanks!!