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title: "Editing a task"
canonical: "https://support.soutron.net/space/HG/3278247/Editing%20a%20task"
format: markdown
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**To access Task Maintenance, select** <span style="color: #ff0000">**System Management > Task Centre > Task Maintenance**</span>.

To edit an existing task:

1. select the task you want to edit by ticking the box next to it in the list of tasks
2. click **Edit task** in the Actions menu

You will be taken to the edit screen which works in the same way as when you [create a new task](https://soutron.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HG/pages/3279520):

![image](media://0b47f18c-6a97-4332-99d0-39bb2715a5d3)


When you have finished, click **Save** in the Actions menu, or **Save and Exit** to return to the list of defined tasks.