---
title: "Patch Annotation."
method: PATCH
path: "/annotations/{annotation_id}"
tags: ["annotations"]
---

# Patch Annotation.

`PATCH /annotations/{annotation_id}`

Updates one or more properties of an annotation that matches the specified ID.
This operation currently supports updating of the `text`, `tags`, `time` and `timeEnd` properties.
This is available in Grafana 6.0.0-beta2 and above.

## Path parameters

- `annotation_id` string, required

## Request body

- PatchAnnotationsCmd
  - `data` Json
  - `id` integer
  - `tags` string[]
  - `text` string
  - `time` integer
  - `timeEnd` integer

## Response `200`

An OKResponse is returned if the request was successful.

- SuccessResponseBody
  - `message` string

## Other responses

- `401` — UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
- `403` — ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
- `404` — NotFoundError is returned when the requested resource was not found.
- `500` — InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.

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