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title: "Setting the Default Device Configuration Template"
slug: "setting-the-default-device-configuration-template-6"
tags: ["8.2", "Portal"]
updated: 2025-01-01T09:08:35Z
published: 2025-01-01T09:08:35Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/setting-the-default-device-configuration-template-6"
---

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# Setting the Default Device Configuration Template

**To set a device configuration template as the default:**

1. Select **Settings > Configuration Template** in the navigation pane.  

The **Configuration Templates** page is displayed.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-RJBH5E32.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A33%3A36Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A33%3A36Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XU%2B4B32oalcF%2BW7%2B%2Baua4oi7ZYHEViPQl6MqCI4%2Ff30%3D)
2. Select the desired template's row.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-NMUCTQ8K.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A33%3A36Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A33%3A36Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XU%2B4B32oalcF%2BW7%2B%2Baua4oi7ZYHEViPQl6MqCI4%2Ff30%3D)
3. Click **Set Default.**

The selected template becomes the default template and the icon changes to ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-3DDYHOFU.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A33%3A36Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A33%3A36Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XU%2B4B32oalcF%2BW7%2B%2Baua4oi7ZYHEViPQl6MqCI4%2Ff30%3D).

**To stop a default template being the default:**

1. Select **Settings > Configuration Template** in the navigation pane. The **Configuration Templates** page is displayed.
2. Either,

Or,
  - Select the default template's row and click **Remove Default**.  

No default template is configured.
  - Select a different template's row to be the default template and click **Set Default**.  

The newly selected template replaces the original template as the default template.