zulip/templates/zerver/help/change-the-topic-of-a-message.md

Change the topic of a message

You can easily change the topic of a message by following the following steps.

1. Locate the message that you want edit. Hover over the message's timestamp on the right-hand side to reveal a star (), chevron (), and pencil () icon.

   

2. Click on the pencil () icon to begin editing your message. In the field labeled Topic, enter the new topic name for your message.

   

3. Once you begin typing in the Topic field, you will notice that a dropdown appears to the right of the Topic field with the Change only this message topic option selected by default.

   

4. Click the dropdown to view all options for editing your message's topic.

   

   • Change only this message topic

     This option only changes the topic of the message that you have selected.

     You may want to select this option if you sent the message to the wrong topic.

   • Change later messages to this topic

     This option changes the topic of the selected message as well as the topic of any messages under the same topic that were sent after the selected message.

     You may want to select this option if you feel that some messages have gone off-topic.

   • Change previous and following messages to this topic

     This option changes the topic of the selected message as well as any messages under the same topic that were sent before and after the selected message.

     You may want to select this option to change the topic for all messages with the same topic.

5. After choosing the option you desire from the dropdown, click the blue Save button under the box containing the message's contents.

   

6. After clicking Save, the topic of your edited message(s) will change, and the message(s) will be marked with (EDITED), confirming the success of the topic change.