---
title: "Disabling the Drupal logo in your Drupal 8 theme"
description: "When customizing your theme, there may be individual changes that you want to make such as removal of the Drupal logo from your header. In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to disable the logo..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/toggle-logo/
date: 2013-10-18
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Disabling the Drupal logo in your Drupal 8 theme

When customizing your theme, there may be individual changes that you want to make such as removal of the Drupal logo from your header. In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to disable the logo in your Drupal 8 theme.

## How to disable the Drupal logo in your themes

1. [Log into your Drupal 8 admin interface](/support/edu/drupal/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard/).
2. [![select menu option](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-menu.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-menu.png) Select **Menu** from the top menu bar.
3. [![select the Appearance option](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-appearance.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-appearance.png) Next, click on **Appearance** from the secondary menu bar.
4. [![the configuration screen for the module](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/edu_Drupal-8_105_customize-colors_1-select-settings.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/edu_Drupal-8_105_customize-colors_1-select-settings.png) This brings you to the main *Appearance* page where you will see all the themes that are available. Locate your desired theme and click on the **Settings** link to its right. We will be wirking with the *Bartik* theme for our example.
5. [![the configuration screen for the module](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/edu_Drupal-8_105_disable-logo_2-toggle-display.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/edu_Drupal-8_105_disable-logo_2-toggle-display.png) From the theme settings page, scroll down to the *Toggle Display* section where you will see a list of settings for your theme. Uncheck the setting named **Logo**.
6. After changing the setting, click on the **Save Configuration** button to save and activate the change. Below is a quick before and after of what toggling the logo does for your site. Before After [![the configuration screen for the module](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/edu_Drupal-8_105_disable-logo_before.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/edu_Drupal-8_105_disable-logo_before.png) [![the configuration screen for the module](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/edu_Drupal-8_105_disable-logo_after.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/edu_Drupal-8_105_disable-logo_after.png)