# Setting the default HTML export Template

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/setting-the-default-html-export-template/6892>\
**Category:** nbconvert\
**Created:** [November 24, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/setting-the-default-html-export-template/6892 "2020-11-24T15:48:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![fzalkow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/fzalkow/32/3124_2.png) [@fzalkow](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/fzalkow)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/setting-the-default-html-export-template/6892/1 "2020-11-24T15:48:10Z")

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Hi! The new nbconvert version 6 has a new template system. I would like to know if it is possible to change the default template from `lab` to `classic` (e.g., by adding a setting to `~/.jupyter/jupyter_nbconvert_config.json`)?

When I use nbconvert from the command line, I can change the template (as described here). But when using the menu (File --\> Download as --\> HTML) in the jupyter browser interface, I don’t know how to change the template. Any help on how to do this is much appreciated!

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![fzalkow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/fzalkow/32/3124_2.png) [@fzalkow](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/fzalkow)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 11:31am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/setting-the-default-html-export-template/6892/2 "2020-12-02T11:31:47Z")

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For others interested in the same question: Because no answer is here so far, I opened an issue [on Github](https://github.com/jupyter/nbconvert/issues/1480).