# KIbana Theme

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-theme/193681>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** canvas\
**Created:** [August 4, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-theme/193681 "2019-08-04T14:04:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![wadhah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc8723/32.png) [@wadhah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wadhah)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-theme/193681/1 "2019-08-04T14:04:34Z")

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Hello,

Is there a curl command to activate or deactivate the dark theme in kibana?

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**Author:** ![joshdover](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joshdover/32/42020_2.png) [@joshdover](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joshdover)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-theme/193681/2 "2019-08-05T15:47:52Z")

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You can use our [Saved Objects API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.3/saved-objects-api.html) for this. Here's an example request, make sure to replace the URL and the version number for your version of Elastic Stack.

```auto
curl -XPUT https://mykibanaurl:5601/api/saved_objects/config/7.2.0 -d'
{
  "attributes": {
    "theme:darkMode": true
  }
}'

```

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**Author:** ![wadhah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc8723/32.png) [@wadhah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wadhah)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-theme/193681/3 "2019-08-07T13:58:49Z")

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Hey @joshdover,  
Thank you for your quick update.  
I used this one, and it also works :  
curl -X POST "[https://mykibanaurl:5601/api/kibana/settings](https://mykibanaurl:5601/api/kibana/settings)" --header "Content-type: application/json" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -d '{"changes":{"theme:darkMode":true}}'

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**Author:** ![joshdover](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joshdover/32/42020_2.png) [@joshdover](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joshdover)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-theme/193681/4 "2019-08-07T14:10:44Z")

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Yes that one will work too, but it is not a public API and may break in future minor versions. The Saved Objects API is not expected to break or change.

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**Author:** ![wadhah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc8723/32.png) [@wadhah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wadhah)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-theme/193681/5 "2019-08-08T09:34:41Z")

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Thank you so much for the clarification and for your help.

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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:** [September 5, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-theme/193681/6 "2019-09-05T09:34:41Z")

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