# How can you edit an installed theme?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-edit-an-installed-theme/227020
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 14, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-edit-an-installed-theme/227020 "2022-05-14T10:54:22Z")
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### Author:  [@Allen\_Chen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Allen_Chen)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-edit-an-installed-theme/227020/1 "2022-05-14T10:54:22Z")
I’ve tried editing Mint theme through github and then uploading the zip in components but it is not working. How can you edit an existing theme?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-edit-an-installed-theme/227020/2 "2022-05-14T11:09:17Z")
The easiest way is [Beginners’ guide to using Theme Creator and Theme CLI to start building a Discourse theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-theme-creator-and-theme-cli-to-start-building-a-discourse-theme/108444).
The other is you fork the repository and make edits there.
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-edit-an-installed-theme/227020/3 "2022-05-15T16:29:07Z")
You can Export Theme and then import theme. This will load the theme with editability. Though might not be ideal.
You can create a theme component and override things within a theme depending in what your trying to accomplish.