Magento – how to change theme in Magento2

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UPDATE: this could be a version issue, should I update to the non-stable 2.0.4? currently 2.0.0 I install it using git clone, follow by composer install.

I know this should seem obvious to someone, but clearly it's not.
as state in the documentation

In Admin, go to Stores > Configuration > Design.

but there is only a robot txt edit as seen in the below screen shot

I track down the issue on github #4251

All design configurations were moved to Content -> Design -> Configuration

when I get there, my custom theme successfully show up, but no button to change it, as seen below. there is no option to change from the default lumia theme to blank theme neither.

is it just me? or I am blind and missing something really obvious?
my magento version is 2.0.0

Best Answer

In newer versions of Magento2 all the design related items moved to:

Content-> Design -> Configuration -> Edit

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Magento – How to change theme in Magento 2.1rc3

It seems the theme configuration was moved.

It can be found in main administration menu:

Content -> Design -> Configuration

Click on scope you are interested in(probably the first one) and change 'Applied theme'.

Magento 2 – How to Rename Theme Folder

Here is my solution to change theme name:
1) Change folder name:

app/design/frontend/{your-vendor}/{folder-theme}/

2) Change path name in registration.php file:

app/design/frontend/{your-vendor}/{folder-theme}/registration.php

<?php    
\Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::register(
    \Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::THEME,
    'frontend/{your-vendor}/{folder-theme}',
    __DIR__
);

3) Change path name in theme.xml file:

app/design/frontend/{your-vendor}/{folder-theme}/theme.xml

<theme xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Config/etc/theme.xsd">
    <title>{theme-name}</title>
    <parent>Magento/luma</parent>
</theme>

NOTE: After changing you have to run this conmand:

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

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Magento – How to change theme in Magento 2.1rc3

Magento 2 – How to Rename Theme Folder

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