---
title: "Update saved objects"
method: PUT
path: "/api/saved_objects/_bulk_update"
tags: ["saved objects"]
deprecated: true
---

# Update saved objects

`PUT /api/saved_objects/_bulk_update`

> **Deprecated.**

**Spaces method and path for this operation:**

<div><span class="operation-verb put">put</span>&nbsp;<span class="operation-path">/s/{space_id}/api/saved_objects/_bulk_update</span></div>

Refer to [Spaces](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/manage-spaces) for more information.

WARNING: This API is deprecated. This is a legacy Saved Objects API and may be removed in a future version of Kibana.

Updates multiple Kibana saved objects in a single request.

For transferring or backing up saved objects, prefer the import and export APIs (`POST /api/saved_objects/_import` and `POST /api/saved_objects/_export`).

## Headers

- `kbn-xsrf` string, required

## Request body

- object[]
  - `attributes` object, required
  - `id` string, required
  - `namespace` string
  - `references` object[]
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `type` string, required
  - `type` string, required
  - `version` string

## Response `200`

A bulk update response.

## Other responses

- `400` — A bad request.

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/elastic/apis/kibana-apis.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/elastic/apis/kibana-apis/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/elastic/kibana-apis/versions/531c9e2a7d23/schema)