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title: "Editing a Record Type"
canonical: "https://support.soutron.net/space/HG/3278251/Editing%20a%20Record%20Type"
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This page describes editing an existing Record Type.

 

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**To access Record Type Templates Maintenance, select** <span style="color: #ff0000">**System Management > Database Configuration > Record Type Templates Maintenance**</span>. 

 

> ⚠️ Note that you cannot change the System Name for Record Types which are predefined in the system, ie Amendment, Article, Book, Document, Website - but you can change the Display Name, which is what is shown everywhere in the system.

 

To edit an existing Record Type definition:

1. From the list of Record Types , click **Edit** next to the Record Type.
2. The same form opens up as for [adding a new Record Type](https://soutron.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HG/pages/3277986).
  
3. Make the required changes.
4. When you have finished, click **Save & Close** in the Actions menu.
5. To exit the Record Type definition without saving, click **Cancel** in the Actions menu.

Either way, you will be returned to the list of Record Types.