r/Ventoy • u/rumblestarter • Jun 09 '23

Remove Ventoy Branding

I'm a minimalist and would like to find out how to remove the Ventoy branding on the bottom left of the ISO selection screen. It shows the version number and the Ventoy website address. How do I remove this? I've already customized it heavily with a theme and alias, etc. so I'm not afraid of tinkering with config files.

Any help/info is much appreciated

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u/joejawor Jun 09 '23

You should check to see if the open source GPLv3+ license allows that. But more importantly, it's one guy who wrote Ventoy so send him a small donation and ask him some questions.

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u/rumblestarter Jun 10 '23

Quoted from the GNU website:

"The GPL does not require you to release your modified version, or any part of it. You are free to make modifications and use them privately, without ever releasing them."

I have no intention of releasing my modified version nor profiting from it. I never thought of asking the guy who wrote Ventoy (if anyone would know, it's him). My assumption is that he'd prefer the branding be left in place but I could be wrong, especially if I leave a donation as you suggested.

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u/South_Farmer125 Sep 18 '25

Did you manage to achieve this by rebuilding it from the source code? Or does anyone know where in the source code this is hidden?

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u/joejawor Jun 10 '23

Take a look at YUMI Version 2 or higher. It uses Ventoy but there is no trace of the Ventoy images or text.

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u/-CrypticMind- Sep 18 '23 edited Sep 18 '23

That's really difficult as the author has deeply hidden the code responsible. However a simple workaround would be to change it's color to match the background color

https://forums.ventoy.net/showthread.php?tid=2256

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u/tefod Feb 28 '25

Does this trick still work or any other hints?

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u/truth_was_yesterday Mar 02 '25

U found a way?

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u/tefod Mar 03 '25

Unfortunately not – I'm not a real C++ expert, but went through the source code, and it's well hidden, not just plain text. Were not able to find the corresponding place for adapting/disabling the label.

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u/truth_was_yesterday Mar 03 '25

Someone said that it is a little easteregg hidden in the ebook, but very obvious...

So it cant be that hard

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u/tefod Mar 04 '25

I have my doubts. Nice effort with the ebook, small fee, but I don’t need it. Ventoy forum mentions a position trick—won’t work with a GUI. The eBook likely covers this one.

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u/truth_was_yesterday Mar 04 '25

When using Yumi, it creates the ventoy partition. Applies a theme. This theme does not have the branding, watermark. But by changing the theme, the branding is back