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——/answers · Licensing

Can I edit the file and call it my own?

Short answer

You can edit it as much as you like and your edits are yours. You cannot present the unmodified design as your own original work, and editing does not turn the file into something you may resell or redistribute.

——The details
  1. 01

    Edits are yours

    Change text, colors, photos, layout, fonts — the license says 'anything'. What you make with the design is your work product.

  2. 02

    Authorship is not

    'I designed this' about an unmodified catalog design is the one representation the license bars. About a heavily reworked piece, say what is true: you adapted it.

  3. 03

    Resale is not, either

    The prohibition on reselling files is not lifted by editing. A recolored template listed as your own template product is still redistribution.

——Common questions
Can I add my name or watermark to the edited version?+

Yes, on the version you use. Do not add a watermark and then sell the file.

Can I combine several designs into one piece?+

Yes, for use. Not as a new file product.

Do I need to keep any original file metadata?+

No. Files ship without embedded credit lines.

——What this does not cover
  • —It does not make an edited file resellable.
  • —It does not transfer authorship of the underlying design.
↳Where this applies

Built to be edited.

Every Canva template is fully editable in the free plan; every Notion system duplicates into your own workspace.

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