---
title: "Bulk Editing Multiple Articles"
description: "Sometimes you want to update multiple articles at once without going in and out of each one. With bulk edit inside the content view, you can. Go forth and update. 🧙‍♂️"
url: "https://support.helpdocs.io/article/jyd570o8vo-bulk-edit-status-author-and-stale-status-for-multiple-articles"
category: "Managing Content"
updated_at: "2024-06-06T18:50:17Z"
---

# Bulk Editing Multiple Articles

Sometimes you want to update multiple articles at once without going in and out of each one. With bulk edit inside the content view, you can. Go forth and update 🧙‍♂️

What can I change with Bulk Edit? 🎛️

You can edit the [article status](/article/oJI0ylcwEC-understanding-article-statuses), author, [stale status](/article/wu7b19i41c-marking-an-article-as-stale), [category](/article/dath1xicjb-moving-an-article-to-a-different-category), [permissions](/article/9qsypn7zsx-understanding-permissioning), enable/disable [Table of Contents](/article/pxWAp5tLwU-adding-a-table-of-contents), and [download PDFs](/article/ssspcnlhba-downloading-articles-as-pdf)

### Bulk Select & Edit Multiple Articles

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1. Head to **Content** (or [click here](https://my.helpdocs.io/app/content))
2. Click the checkbox next to the article or category you want to select
3. Click **Bulk** **Edit** in the top right
4. Select what to change
5. Hit **Apply Edits**

Your bulk selected articles will be preserved so don't worry about clicking away ✨

If you've selected a category any subcategory articles will also be selected