---
title: "Edit a Term"
description: "Efficiently edit terms in Contentstack with our step-by-step guide."
url: "https://www.contentstack.com/docs/headless-cms/edit-a-term"
product: "Contentstack"
doc_type: "guide"
audience:
  - developers
  - admins
version: "current"
last_updated: "2026-07-22"
---

# Edit a Term

After creating a term, you can modify its properties, such as the name of the term.

To edit terms within a taxonomy, log in to your [Contentstack account](https://www.contentstack.com/login), and perform the following steps:

1.  Go to your [stack](/docs/headless-cms/about-stack) where you want to edit the terms, navigate to the “Settings” icon (press “S”), and select **Taxonomy**.
2.  Select the taxonomy for which you want to edit the terms.
3.  To edit a term, click the vertical ellipsis in the **Actions** column and select **Edit**.
    
    **Note**: Once saved, you cannot edit the UID.
    
4.  Click **Save** to update your changes.
    
    **Note**: If your stack includes multiple locales, the **Term Details** view displays a table of all available locales. From this table, you can [provide localized](/docs/headless-cms/term-localization) values for each locale or rely on fallback behavior when a translation is not supplied.
    

![Edit\_a\_Term.gif](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/bltee95f6887eb0f5f1/69163523accf6159e9f6e11d/Edit_a_Term.gif)

## API Reference

To edit terms via the API, refer to the [Edit a Term](/docs/developers/apis/content-management-api/taxonomy#update-a-term) API request.