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title: "Modifying a Quota"
slug: "modifying-quotas"
updated: 2026-10-27T17:23:45Z
published: 2026-10-27T17:23:45Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/modifying-quotas"
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# Modifying a Quota

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- [Modifying a Quota in VAST Web UI](/docs-5-3/docs/modifying-quotas-7#modifying-a-quota-in-vast-web-ui)
- [Modifying a Quota in VAST CLI](/docs-5-3/docs/modifying-quotas-7#modifying-a-quota-in-vast-cli)

## Modifying a Quota in VAST Web UI

1. From the left navigation menu, select **Element Store** and then **Quotas**.
2. In the **Quotas** page, right-click the quota you want to change, and select **Edit**.
3. In the **Update Quota** dialog that opens, make changes you want in the **Quota Rules** tab. For an explanation of each setting, see [Creating a Quota](/docs-5-3/docs/creating-quotas).

To view the current usage in the directory before you set quotas, select the **User Accounting** tab to see usage per user and/or the **Group Accounting** tab to see usage per group.
4. When finished, click **Update**.

The quota is updated.

## Modifying a Quota in VAST CLI

To modify a directory quota, use the [quota modify](/docs-5-3/docs/quota-modify) command. This includes modifying or creating default user and group quotas but not any additional user or group quotas.

To add non-default user or group quota rules to a directory quota, use the [userquota create](/docs-5-3/docs/userquota-create) command.

To delete a user or group quota rule, use the [userquota delete](/docs-5-3/docs/userquota-delete) command.

To modify non-default user and group quotas, use the [userquota modify](/docs-5-3/docs/userquota-modify) command.