# Update a navigation item

> `PATCH` `/v1/navigation/items`

URL: https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/tag/navigation/PATCH/v1/navigation/items

Operation ID: `navigation_update`

Tag: [navigation](https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/tag/navigation.md)

## Description

Update, rename, or change settings on an existing navigation item in one context.
Use this to edit label, description, icon, target, visibility, or group collapse settings, or to repoint a view or URL.
Use reposition_navigation_item when the user wants to move or reorder the item instead.

## Parameters

_None_

## Request body

- Required: yes
- Content-Type: `application/json`
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `context` (`string`, required) — Which configurable navigation context to manage.
    - `department_id` (`anyOf`) — Department-scoped items only. Set to null to clear when changing visibility away from department.
    - `description` (`anyOf`) — New description/subtitle. Set to null to clear it.
    - `icon` (`anyOf`) — New Iconify icon. Set to null to clear the icon.
    - `is_collapsed_default` (`boolean`) — Group items only.
    - `is_collapsible` (`boolean`) — Group items only.
    - `item_id` (`string`) — Exact navigation item id.
    - `item_label` (`string`) — Alternative to item_id. Exact item label in the same context.
    - `label` (`string`) — New label for the item.
    - `modal_id` (`string`) — Modal items only. Repoint the item to a different modal.
    - `open_in_new_tab` (`boolean`) — URL items only.
    - `url` (`string`) — URL items only. Replace the current URL.
    - `view_id` (`string`) — View items only. Repoint the item to a different view.
    - `visibility_level` (`string`) — Main/client-details only. Portal navigation does not expose visibility controls.

## Responses

- `200` (`application/json`): Successful response.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `data` (`object`, required)
- `400` (`application/json`): Request validation failed (unknown or out-of-range parameters/properties are rejected).
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`object`, required)
- `401` (`application/json`): Missing, invalid, expired, or revoked bearer token.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`string`, required)
    - `error_description` (`string`, required)
- `403` (`application/json`): The authenticated user does not have permission for this operation.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`object`, required)
- `404` (`application/json`): The requested resource was not found.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`object`, required)
- `409` (`application/json`): The request conflicts with an existing record or partially applied.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`object`, required)
- `429` (`application/json`): Per-tenant rate limit exceeded (600 requests/minute across all /v1 REST endpoints). The Retry-After header indicates how many seconds to wait.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`object`, required)
- `500` (`application/json`): An unexpected internal error occurred.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`object`, required)

## Authentication

- `bearerAuth` — http (bearer) — All /v1 endpoints (except `/v1/openapi.json` and `/v1/llms.txt`) require a bearer token. Two equal first-class paths: (1) an OAuth 2.0 access token from the au…

## Useful links

- Interactive page: https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/tag/navigation/PATCH/v1/navigation/items
- API reference home: https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/
- Tag page: https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/tag/navigation.md
- This operation as Markdown: https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/tag/navigation/PATCH/v1/navigation/items.md
- OpenAPI JSON: https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/openapi.json
- Full API Markdown: https://api.agencytitan.com/v1/llms.txt
- API keys: https://app.agencytitan.com/settings/api-mcp