# Editing Terms

### About this export

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| **content_type** | lesson |
| **platform** | contentstack-academy |
| **source_url** | https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/taxonomy-foundations/editing-terms |
| **course_slug** | taxonomy-foundations |
| **lesson_slug** | editing-terms |
| **markdown_file_url** | /academy/md/courses/taxonomy-foundations/editing-terms.md |
| **generated_at** | 2026-04-28T06:55:49.257Z |

> Part of **[Taxonomy Foundations](https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/taxonomy-foundations)** on Contentstack Academy. **Academy MD v3** — structured for retrieval; no quiz or assessment keys.

<!-- ai_metadata: {"lesson_id":"16","type":"text","duration_minutes":1,"topics":["Editing","Terms"]} -->

#### Lesson text

Once you've created terms, you retain the flexibility to adjust terms, empowering you to make changes like updating their names as needed. To **edit a** **term** in Contentstack, follow these steps -

1.  **Login to Contentstack**: Go to the Contentstack [login page](https://www.contentstack.com/login) and enter your credentials to log in to your account.
    
2.  **Access Taxonomies**: Navigate to the "Settings" icon once logged in. Under "Settings," you'll find an option for "Taxonomies." Click on it to access the Taxonomies section to access the list of taxonomies in your Contentstack organization.
    
3.  **Choose Taxonomy**: From the list of available taxonomies, select the taxonomy containing the term you want to edit. Here, we select the taxonomy **"Genre."**
    
4.  **Locate Term**: Find the term you wish to edit within the selected taxonomy. You may need to expand categories or scroll through the list to locate the specific term and click on the term you need to edit. Here, we will edit the term **"Historical Fiction,"** under the term **"Fiction."**
    

![edit-term1.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blte0a2e094e2870f56/664913ed4b531e6623c327f9/edit-term1.png)

**Edit Term**: When you click on the term you want to edit, it opens the "Term Details" page, where you can update the term's name. Here, we will update the name of the term **"Historical Fiction."**

![edit-term2.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltfb2b2d57857bbb19/6649140fd4d02e180b2eac07/edit-term2.png)

We will update the name of the term **"Historical Fiction"** to **"Historical/Old Fiction."** Click the "Update" button to update the term successfully.

![edit-term3.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltf83833ed72fc6e7c/6649143916e6bf5faf590ca4/edit-term3.png)

The following shows the updated name for the term **"Historical/Old Fiction"** being created.

![hiatorical.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltf2fdd3d5eefde954/664914e452619d964ba90a76/hiatorical.png)

#### Key takeaways

- Connect **Editing Terms** back to your stack configuration before moving to the next module.
- Capture one concrete artifact (screenshot, Postman call, or code snippet) that proves the step works in your environment.
- Re-read the delivery versus management boundary for anything you changed in the entry model.

## Supplement for indexing

### Content summary

Editing Terms. Once you've created terms, you retain the flexibility to adjust terms, empowering you to make changes like updating their names as needed. To edit a term in Contentstack, follow these steps - 1. Login to Contentstack : Go to the Contentstack login page (https://www.contentstack.com/login) and enter your credentials to log in to your account. 2. Access Taxonomies : Navigate to the "Settings" icon once logged in. Under "Settings," you'll find an option for "Taxonomies." Click on it to access the Taxonomies section to access the list of taxonomies in your Contentstack organization. 3. Choose Taxonomy : From the list of available taxonomies, select the taxonomy containing the term you want to ed

### Retrieval tags

- Editing
- Terms
- taxonomy-foundations
- lesson 16
- Editing Terms
- taxonomy-foundations lesson

### Indexing notes

Index this lesson as a primary chunk tagged with lesson_id "16" and topics: [Editing, Terms].
Parent course slug: taxonomy-foundations. Use asset_references URLs as thumbnail hints in search results when present.
Never surface LMS quiz content or assessment answers from this file.

### Asset references

| Label | URL |
| --- | --- |
| edit-term1.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blte0a2e094e2870f56/664913ed4b531e6623c327f9/edit-term1.png` |
| edit-term2.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltfb2b2d57857bbb19/6649140fd4d02e180b2eac07/edit-term2.png` |
| edit-term3.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltf83833ed72fc6e7c/6649143916e6bf5faf590ca4/edit-term3.png` |
| hiatorical.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltf2fdd3d5eefde954/664914e452619d964ba90a76/hiatorical.png` |

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| edit-term1.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blte0a2e094e2870f56/664913ed4b531e6623c327f9/edit-term1.png` |
| edit-term2.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltfb2b2d57857bbb19/6649140fd4d02e180b2eac07/edit-term2.png` |
| edit-term3.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltf83833ed72fc6e7c/6649143916e6bf5faf590ca4/edit-term3.png` |
| hiatorical.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltf2fdd3d5eefde954/664914e452619d964ba90a76/hiatorical.png` |