---
title: "Update custom field"
method: PUT
path: "/rest/api/2/field/{fieldId}"
tags: ["Issue fields"]
---

# Update custom field

`PUT /rest/api/2/field/{fieldId}`

Updates a custom field.

**[Permissions](#permissions) required:** *Administer Jira* [global permission](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/x4dKLg).

## Path parameters

- `fieldId` string, required

## Request body

- UpdateCustomFieldDetails — Details of a custom field.
  - `description` string — The description of the custom field. The maximum length is 40000 characters.
  - `name` string — The name of the custom field. It doesn't have to be unique. The maximum length is 255 characters.
  - `searcherKey` 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:cascadingselectsearcher' | 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:daterange' | 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:datetimerange' | 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:exactnumber' | 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:exacttextsearcher' | 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:grouppickersearcher' | 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:labelsearcher' | 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:multiselectsearcher' | 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:numberrange' | 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:projectsearcher' | 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:textsearcher' | 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:userpickergroupsearcher' | 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:versionsearcher' — The searcher that defines the way the field is searched in Jira. It can be set to `null`, otherwise you must specify the valid searcher for the field type, as listed below (abbreviated values shown): * `cascadingselect`: `cascadingselectsearcher` * `datepicker`: `daterange` * `datetime`: `datetimerange` * `float`: `exactnumber` or `numberrange` * `grouppicker`: `grouppickersearcher` * `importid`: `exactnumber` or `numberrange` * `labels`: `labelsearcher` * `multicheckboxes`: `multiselectsearcher` * `multigrouppicker`: `multiselectsearcher` * `multiselect`: `multiselectsearcher` * `multiuserpicker`: `userpickergroupsearcher` * `multiversion`: `versionsearcher` * `project`: `projectsearcher` * `radiobuttons`: `multiselectsearcher` * `readonlyfield`: `textsearcher` * `select`: `multiselectsearcher` * `textarea`: `textsearcher` * `textfield`: `textsearcher` * `url`: `exacttextsearcher` * `userpicker`: `userpickergroupsearcher` * `version`: `versionsearcher`

## Response `204`

Returned if the request is successful.

- unknown

## Other responses

- `400` — Returned if the request is not valid.
- `401` — Returned if the authentication credentials are incorrect or missing.
- `403` — Returned if the user does not have the required permissions.
- `404` — Returned if the custom field is not found.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/atlassian/apis/the-jira-cloud-platform-rest-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/atlassian/apis/the-jira-cloud-platform-rest-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/atlassian/the-jira-cloud-platform-rest-api/versions/a26541c2f8bd/schema)