---
title: "Update a private location"
method: PUT
path: "/api/synthetics/private_locations/{id}"
tags: ["synthetics"]
---

# Update a private location

`PUT /api/synthetics/private_locations/{id}`

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

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

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

Update an existing private location's label.
You must have `all` privileges for the Synthetics and Uptime feature in the Observability section of the Kibana feature privileges.
When a private location's label is updated, all monitors using this location will also be updated to maintain data consistency.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `label` string, required — A new label for the private location. Must be at least 1 character long.

## Response `200`

A successful response.

- SyntheticsGetPrivateLocation
  - `agentPolicyId` string — The ID of the agent policy associated with the private location.
  - `geo` object — Geographic coordinates (WGS84) for the location.
    - `lat` number, required — The latitude of the location.
    - `lon` number, required — The longitude of the location.
  - `id` string — The unique identifier of the private location.
  - `isInvalid` boolean — Indicates whether the location is invalid. If `true`, the location is invalid, which means the agent policy associated with the location is deleted.
  - `label` string — A label for the private location.
  - `namespace` string — The namespace of the location, which is the same as the namespace of the agent policy associated with the location.

## Other responses

- `400` — If the `label` is shorter than 1 character the API will return a 400 Bad Request response with a corresponding error message.
- `404` — If the private location with the specified ID does not exist, the API will return a 404 Not Found response.

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