Editing an issue

Learn how to make changes to an existing issue.

Who can use this feature?

Issue authors, people with write access or higher in repositories owned by an organization, and collaborators in repositories owned by a personal account can make changes to issues.

In this article

Editing an issue title

You can edit an issue's title. The change to the title is added to the issue's timeline.

  1. Navigate to the issue you want to edit.

  2. To the right of the issue title, click Edit.

    Screenshot of an issue header, the "Edit" button is highlighted with an orange outline.

  3. Type your new title.

  4. Click Save.

Editing an issue description

You can also make changes to the issue description. The edit history is available unless the author or a person with write access removes it. See "Tracking changes in a comment."

  1. Navigate to the issue you want to edit.

  2. At the top right of the issue description, click .

    Screenshot of an issue description. The "Issue body actions" button is highlighted with an orange outline.

  3. In the menu, click Edit.

  4. Type your changes to the issue description.

  5. Click Save.

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