# Update existing system option

<p class="callout danger">This action requires the **"update system option"** permission.  
</p>

To update an existing system option, find it in the table, and click the **"edit"** button at the end of it's row.

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This takes you to the editing form, where you can update the option's name, slug, description and value/data.

<p class="callout info">**TIP:** Data is required to be in the JSON format. When editing it here, a preview is shown on the right, and you are notified if errors are present in the JSON structure itself.</p>

![image.png](https://how-to-erp.dewesoft.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-05/scaled-1680-/YMvimage.png)