# Edit a goal

Change a goal's title, description, owner, team, time period, target or other fields.

Edit a goal in its dialog, or change one field in place.

**Who can do this:** anyone who can edit the goal. By default that is its owners, and Org Admins and Owners. Team Admins can too when their team, or a subteam, owns the goal or has one of its owners. See [Roles and permissions](https://help.brev.io/roles-and-permissions/).

## Edit in the dialog {#steps}

1. Open the goal's ⋯ menu and choose **Edit Goal**. On a Metric or Project it says Edit Metric or Edit Project.
2. Change any field, including a Metric's target.
3. Click **Update Goal** (Update Metric, Update Project).

![The edit goal dialog with the goal's title, description and pills, and Update Goal.](https://help.brev.io/doc-assets/screenshots/goal-detail-editing-or-deleting.png)

> **Tip: Success check**
>
> The goal shows the change. If it no longer matches the view's filters, a toast says so and the row leaves the list.

## Change one field in place {#edit-in-place}

- Name or description: click it in the panel, or double-click the name in a list. Click away to save.
- Owner, Scope and time period: click the cell in the row, or the field in the goal page's properties bar.
- Status, owner, time period and tags: right-click the row.

Edits don't add check-ins. To change many goals at once, see [Edit goals in bulk](https://help.brev.io/edit-goals-in-bulk/).

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