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Navigate to the repository containing the file you want to edit.\n2. Click the **Files** tab.\n3. Click the edit icon next to one of the metadata fields that are listed as column headers (e.g. \"Experimental strategy\" in the screenshot below).\n[block:image]\n{\n  \"images\": [\n    {\n      \"image\": [\n        \"https://files.readme.io/d433c5f-cgc-metadata-2.jpg\",\n        \"cgc-metadata-2.jpg\",\n        994,\n        573,\n        \"#2b5384\"\n      ],\n      \"border\": true\n    }\n  ]\n}\n[/block]\nAlternatively, you can:\n\n1. Click the file name to open the file page.\n2. Click the edit icon next to a metadata field and change its value. You can specify the values for custom metadata fields as well. Note that file metadata is collapsed by default for the following file extensions: html, b64html, RNA vis index, ingenuity report, bench SQLite, PDF, GIF, JPEG, SVG, PNG and ipynb.\n\nTo display metadata, click the **i** icon in the top right corner to display the metadata, as shown below.\n[block:image]\n{\n  \"images\": [\n    {\n      \"image\": [\n        \"https://files.readme.io/57c16a8-metadata-edit.png\",\n        \"metadata-edit.png\",\n        1253,\n        638,\n        \"#145091\"\n      ],\n      \"border\": true\n    }\n  ]\n}\n[/block]\n##Set metadata for multiple files\n\n1. Navigate to the project containing the file you want to edit.\n2. Click the Files tab.\n3. Select multiple files and click Edit Metadata.\n4. In the pop-up window, enter the metadata for your files. 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