After logging into your Canva account, you can find the platform’s vast library of ready-made logo templates by using the search bar on the homepage or looking under the ‘You might want to try..’ options and selecting ‘logo.

This opens that extensive Canva template library. You can scroll through it and check out each design, but with over 50,000 options, you may want to save some time by using the filter options. 

These options allow you to narrow your choices according to your preferred theme, style, subject, or features. 

For example, suppose you’re starting a bakery. In that case, you can use the filters to only show you the 1,000+ logo choices under the ‘bakery’ theme and then whittle down further by choosing a particular style (say minimalist or modern) until you find the logo design you like. 

Or, if you wanted a bold, modern look for your new computer repair business, you might choose ‘modern’ as your style and ‘computer’ as your theme.
We should point out that if you see a template with a small crown icon, you can only use it if you subscribed to Canva’s premium version, Canva Pro.

This only costs $12 per month, though if you’re still deciding whether the platform is right for you, you can access all those Pro-only templates and assets by signing up for a 30-day free trial.

Whatever type of logo you want to make, use the filter options to help you find the perfect template, then click it to open it up in the Canva design editor.

For this tutorial, we chose to imagine that we’re starting a new travel agency business and need a logo for it. 

After opening our favorite logo in the Canva editor, the first task is to add any graphics or other elements we want to include. 

To do this, you can delete any graphics you don’t want by clicking on them and tapping the trash can icon. 

Next, navigate to Elements – Graphics in the Canva menu and use the search function to find the kind of graphics that suit your business niche. In our example, we searched for ‘travel.’

Clicking on any graphic element will add it to your logo. 

You can then customize it in any number of ways, including: 
– Using the four dots on the corner to resize it
– Using the position feature to rearrange the order of different elements
– Using your cursor to drag the element around your design and place it where you want it.

Repeat this process with as many graphics, lines, shapes, or other elements as you want to include until you’re ready for the next step.

If you like the look of your logo, but the colors don’t match your brand identity, you can always change them.

To change the color of your graphics, borders, or other elements, click on them to bring up the colored boxes on the top right-hand side of your main editing menu. You’ll notice that these boxes are the same color as your element. 

Tap those boxes to bring up the color palette. 

Here, Canva cleverly presents you with a selection of colors already used in your design. 

Alternatively, you can use a selection of default colors. Click the ‘+’ icon with the multi-colored border, use the sliders, or enter a hex code to pick the exact color you want.

To change the color of your text, select the text you want to change and then click the ‘A’ icon with a colored line underneath it. 

This will bring up the same color selection choices as shown above.

To change the font, select the text element you want to alter to bring up a drop-down menu of different font choices.
 

Alternatively, you can navigate to the text menu to add some beautiful pre-designed font combinations to your design.

Last but not least, you’ll need to change the wording of the default text to your business name.

Doing so couldn’t be easier.

Just select the text to highlight it, then type in the name of your small business just as you would if you were editing text in software such as Microsoft Office. 

With all that done, you can make any final edits to your design until you’re completely happy with your finished logo. 

At that point, it’s time to download that logo and put it to work. 

To do that, tap ‘Share’ followed by the download button to access a drop-down menu of different file formats you can save your file as.