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title: "Modifying Views"
slug: "modifying-views"
updated: 2026-10-27T17:23:45Z
published: 2026-10-27T17:23:45Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/modifying-views"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Modifying Views

- [Modifying Views via VAST Web UI](/docs-5-3/docs/en/modifying-views#modifying-views-viavast-web-ui)
- [Modifying Views via VAST CLI](/docs-5-3/docs/en/modifying-views#modifying-views-viavast-cli)

## Modifying Views via VAST Web UI

1. From the left navigation menu, select Element Store and then Views.
2. Right-click the view you want to edit and select Edit.
3. Review and change the view settings as appropriate. For detailed information about each setting, see [Creating Views](/docs-5-3/docs/en/creating-views). Creating Views

Note the following;

  - If the view has [ABAC](/docs-5-3/docs/en/attribute-based-access-control-abac) tags assigned to it, you cannot select protocols that are not supported with ABAC (e.g. NFSv3 and S3).
  - If the view was already configured with an SMB share, you cannot modify the SMB share name.
  - If [indestructible object mode](/docs-5-3/docs/en/indestructible-object-mode) was enabled on the view, you can only disable it or change its retention period without first [unlocking the cluster's indestructibility mechanism](/docs-5-3/docs/en/managing-the-indestructibility-mechanism).
4. Click Update to save your changes.

## Modifying Views via VAST CLI

To modify a view via the VAST CLI, use the [view modify](/docs-5-3/docs/en/view-modify) command.