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# Update Your Experience Cloud Site’s Name, Status, and Description

Manage your Experience Cloud site name, description, status, and template all from one location.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33347e70 ">To customize or publish an Experience Cloud site:</td>

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                <li>Create and Set Up Experiences AND View Setup and Configuration AND be a member
                  of the site<p>OR</p>
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                <li>View Setup and Configuration AND be a member of the site AND have appropriate
                  <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_access_control_overview.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">role-based site access</a>
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You can change your site name and URL after the site is activated, but users aren’t redirected to the new URL. So be sure to inform your members before changing the name or URL.

1. Open Experience Workspaces.
2. Click **Administration** | **Settings**.
3. Edit your settings as needed.
    - Select ![Edit](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/community_management_edit.png) next to the site you want to change, and make your changes. You can change your URL from this page. However, if you’ve already activated your site, users aren’t redirected to the new URL.
    - Manage the status of your site.
    - Change the template.

#### See Also

- [Change Your Experience Cloud Site Template](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_template_change.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "If you use the Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce template, you can change your template to an Aura template or any installed Lightning Bolt Solution in Experience Builder. Changing templates isn’t available in LWR sites.")
- [Experience Cloud Site Statuses](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_status.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Experience Cloud sites can have one of these statuses: preview, inactive, active, and archived.")