# Can you change (or remove) hamburger menu icon?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-change-or-remove-hamburger-menu-icon/87357
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [May 13, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-change-or-remove-hamburger-menu-icon/87357 "2018-05-13T08:43:28Z")
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### Author: ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-change-or-remove-hamburger-menu-icon/87357/4 "2018-05-18T11:01:18Z")

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Changing an icon globally is very simple using APIs

> [@Change icons globally](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-icons-globally-using-the-apis/87751):
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> This is an easy way to change a Discourse icon globally. Right click on the icon you want to change and select “Inspect element” or “Inspect” (depends on the browser) Find the icon name Search a new icon here [Find Icons with the Perfect Look & Feel | Font Awesome](https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery), e.g. [external-link-alt](https://fontawesome.com/icons/external-link-alt?style=solid) Customize and add the code in your admin \> customize \> themes \> edit code -\> JS tab // {theme}/javascripts/discourse/api-initializers/init-theme.gjs import { apiInitializer } from "disco…

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