---
title: "Update a Team"
slug: "update-a-team"
updated: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
published: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
canonical: "developer.rocket.chat/update-a-team"
stale: true
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Update a Team

Post/api/v1/teams.update

Updates an existing team (name and type).

Permission required: `edit-team`

Header parametersX-Auth-TokenstringRequired

The `authToken` of the authenticated user.

ExampleRScctEHSmLGZGywfIhWyRpyofhKOiMoUIpimhvheU3f
X-User-IdstringRequired

The `userId` of the authenticated user.

ExamplerbAXPnMktTFbNpwtJ

Body parameters<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='0d3aa65b-1011-4c75-896d-016fbe6e3ff8'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='3dd78016-9b8e-43be-ac1b-b6dfb931a093'>Example</option>
</select>Example

```json
{
  "teamId": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
  "data": {
    "name": "newTeamName",
    "type": 1
  }
}
```

Expand Allobject  teamIdstring    Required

The team ID.

dataobject  Required

The new team name and type (0 - public, 1 - private).

namestring    
typeinteger    

Responses200

OK

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='5bd939e3-321b-497b-9c85-35634befe91c'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='923b763f-1e6d-4b61-ba47-3a55579854ea'>Success</option>
</select>Success

```json
{
  "success": true
}
```

object  successboolean    

401

Unauthorized

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='9505c695-6812-4ecb-85df-d31fd791a970'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='68a9aacc-05e3-4dcf-8ec3-028733d36331'>Authorization Error</option>
</select>Authorization Error

```json
{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "You must be logged in to do this."
}
```

object  statusstring    
messagestring