Editing a label

1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.
2. Under your repository name, click Issues or Pull requests.
   
3. Above the list of issues or pull requests, click Labels.
   
4. In the labels list, to the right of the label you want to edit, click Edit.
5. Under "Label name", type a name for your label.
   
6. Under "Description", type a description to help others understand and use your label.
   
7. Optionally, to customize the color of your label, edit the hexadecimal number, or click the refresh button for another random selection.
   
8. Click Save changes.

Further reading

• "About labels"
• "Creating a label"
• "Deleting a label"
• "Applying labels to issues and pull requests"
• "Filtering issues and pull requests by labels"
• "Managing default labels for repositories in your organization"