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How to update base description in library

  • March 26, 2026
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I have a base with a single table that I’ve published as a library. I went to add that to another base and noticed that there’s a description that I had previously given to the library base, but now I can’t figure out where that description lives. I need to be able to update that text. Is someone able to tell me where that info lives?
 

Slightly longer description of the text I need to edit:
In the new base, I click on the plus sign to add another table, and under the ‘Add from data library’ I click on ‘View more...’  Then I see a few cards with the bases I’ve added to the library, and they each have a brief description that was obviously written by me. 

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coderkid
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  • March 27, 2026

If I am not wrong, you need to change it from original base...

  • Open the base you published
  • Click the dropdown next to the base name
  • Look for something like "Manage" or "Update"
  • Click on it... that's where the description field lives
  • Edit and resave, update, ... etc.

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  • March 27, 2026

@coderkid  That’s where I had assumed it would live, but the info isn’t in there. The dropdown menu next to the name only shows me “Appearance” “Base Guide” (why isn’t it that??) and “Sandbox”. There’s also a 3-dot menu in that dropdown, but the info doesn’t live there either.

I can’t find the description that I already wrote


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  • March 27, 2026

I found it :) 

For anyone searching in the future - the difference was because I published this as a data set, so I had to go to the original base/table, click on “Share and sync”, then “Publish to data library”, and then “Edit data set”. That’s where I was able to see the short description that needed to be updated, as well as the name and audience.