---
title: "Edit Item in Knowledge Vault"
description: "Learn how to edit items in your Knowledge Vault to keep your documents and data organized and up-to-date."
url: "https://www.contentstack.com/docs/brand-kit/edit-item-in-knowledge-vault"
product: "Contentstack"
doc_type: "guide"
audience:
  - developers
  - admins
version: "current"
last_updated: "2026-07-29"
---

# Edit Item in Knowledge Vault

Update and manage items in the Knowledge Vault to keep your documents and data organized and up-to-date. You can manually update the text in the editor and change the already uploaded file.

## Prerequisites

*   [Contentstack account](https://www.contentstack.com/login/)
*   Brand Kit-enabled Organization with [Owner or Admin](/docs/administration/about-administration-roles) permissions, or as [Collaborator](/docs/brand-kit/invite-collaborators)
    
    **Note**: Only Brand Kit **Owner** or **Admin** can edit items in the Knowledge Vault.
    
*   An existing [Knowledge Vault Item](/docs/brand-kit/add-item-in-knowledge-vault)

## What You Will Learn

*   How to open a Knowledge Vault item for editing.
    
*   How to update an item's text or its uploaded file.
    
*   How to rename a subfolder in the Knowledge Vault.
    

## Steps for Execution

To edit an existing item in Knowledge Vault, log in to your [Contentstack account](https://www.contentstack.com/login) and perform the following steps:

1.  Navigate to App Switcher in the top-right corner and select **Brand Kit**.
2.  Select the **Brand Kit** in which you want to update a Knowledge Vault item.
3.  Click **Knowledge Vault**.
4.  You can edit a Knowledge Vault item by clicking the item to open it, or by clicking the corresponding vertical ellipses under the **Actions** column and selecting **Edit**.![4-Knowledge-Vault-Edit-Item](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/blt46bbb5a912687760/6800f64f9dd5cf16ac9a229e/4-Knowledge-Vault-Edit-Item.png)
5.  Edit the text manually or update the existing file, preview the updated text, then click **Save** to save the changes. You can also update the text in the **Preview File Text** box.![5-Knowledge-Vault-Edit-Item-Save](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/blt2a9a82ec81e8331e/66ebd4ec1644882aa9fd5c01/5-Knowledge-Vault-Edit-Item-Save.png)
6.  You can also edit the items within folders. To update the subfolder name in the Knowledge Vault, click the corresponding vertical ellipses under the **Actions** tab, and then click the **Edit** option.![4-a-Knowledge-Vault-Edit-Folder](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/blt7fa5eaf3e3f75719/6800f64f1930db75cfe277ae/4-a-Knowledge-Vault-Edit-Folder.png)

You will get a success message after the Knowledge Vault item is edited.

## Related Resource

*   [Knowledge Vault API: Update Content Item](/docs/developers/apis/knowledge-vault-api/knowledge-vault#update-content-item)