---
title: "How to Change Your cPanel Style"
description: "In this tutorial: Change from Basic to RetroChange from Retro to Basic In this tutorial, we will show you how to change your cPanel style. This allows you to customize the look and feel of your..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/cpanel/change-cpanel-style/
date: 2016-06-07
modified: 2022-03-31
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["cPanel"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Change Your cPanel Style

## In this tutorial:

- [Change from Basic to Retro](#basic-to-retro)
- [Change from Retro to Basic](#retro-to-basic)

In this tutorial, we will show you how to change your cPanel style. This allows you to customize the look and feel of your cPanel. By default, your cPanel will display the *Paper Lantern* theme with the *Basic* style option. We will show you how to change it to the *Retro* style, which looks similar to the older *x3* theme. Then we’ll show you how to change back to the *Basic* option.

This option is only available on VPS and dedicated server hosting.

## Changing from Basic to Retro

1. [Login to your cPanel](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/cpanel/how-to-log-into-cpanel/).
2. Click your **Username** in the top-right.
3. When the menu drops down, click the **Change Style** link.[![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cpanel_change-style_cpanel-change-style.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cpanel_change-style_cpanel-change-style.png)  
4. Click the **Apply** button next to the *Retro* option.[![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cpanel_change-style_apply-retro-style.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cpanel_change-style_apply-retro-style.png)  
5. Your interface will then change. Click the **Home** button to return to the main menu.

## Changing from Retro to Basic

1. [Login to your cPanel](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/cpanel/how-to-log-into-cpanel/).
2. Click the user icon in the top-right, then click the **Change Style** link.[![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cpanel_change-style_cpanel-change-style-retro-basic.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cpanel_change-style_cpanel-change-style-retro-basic.png)  
3. Next to the *Basic* option, click the **Apply** button.[![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cpanel_change-style_apply-basic-style.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cpanel_change-style_apply-basic-style.png)  
4. Your cPanel style will then be changed. Click the *Home* button to return to the main cPanel menu.[![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cpanel_change-style_home-button-paper-lantern.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cpanel_change-style_home-button-paper-lantern.png)  

Congratulations, now you know how to switch your cPanel style between Basic and Retro!