# Update an existing permission

<p class="callout danger">Permissions should be updated only be people, who know their purpose, as permissions are used to grant access to a parts of the ERP .</p>

To edit an existing permission, find it in the permissions table and click on its **"Edit"** button.

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On the permission's page, you can update its name, description and group, that's used to show grouped permissions in permissions section on user and role page.

<p class="callout danger">It is not recommended to update a permission's slug, as it may be used for programmatic access control.</p>

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