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description: To edit the subject line or content of a user-initiated email send in a running automation, update or recreate the Send Email activity.
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# Edit Emails in a Running Automation

To edit the subject line or content of a user-initiated email send in a running automation, update or recreate the Send Email activity.

## Update a Send Email Activity

1. In Email Studio, edit the email and save it.
2. In Automation Studio, find and pause the relevant automation.
    
    The automation is paused and the activity opens on the Activity Summary tab.
3. To edit the Send Email activity, select **Edit/View**.
4. Click **Select Message**.
5. Select a different email, and then click **Next**.
    
    A message appears asking if you want to replace your current Subject and Preheader with the following Subject and Preheader from your newly selected email.
6. Select **Keep Existing**, and then click **Back** to return to the email list.
7. Select the updated email, and then click **Next**.
    
    A message appears asking if you want to replace your current Subject and Preheader with the following Subject and Preheader from your newly selected email.
8. Select **Replace**, and then click **Next** until you reach the Activity Summary tab.
9. Confirm that the information is correct and click **Finish**
10. Save and reactivate the automation.

Now, the updated email content appears everywhere the Send Email activity is used.

## Recreate a Send Email Activity

If you update an email's content in Email Studio, the changes apply to any automation that uses that Send Email activity.

1. In Automation Studio, recreate the Send Email activity and select the updated email.
2. In the automation, open the relevant Send Email activity, and then and click **Replace**.
    
    The automation is paused.
3. Select the new Send Email activity.
4. Save and reactivate the automation.