---
title: "Update an audience"
method: PATCH
path: "/v1/audiences/{audience_id}"
tags: ["email-audiences"]
---

# Update an audience

`PATCH /v1/audiences/{audience_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://us1.platform.bird.com`
- URL: `https://us1.platform.bird.com/v1/audiences/{audience_id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `bird_session`

Updates an audience's name or description. Omitted fields are left unchanged; set `description` to `null` to clear it.

## Path parameters

- `audience_id` string, required

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string
- `X-Workspace-Id` string
- `X-Organization-Id` string

## Request body

- AudienceUpdateRequest
  - `name` string: New display name for the audience. Omit to keep the current name. The name cannot be cleared, and a whitespace-only value returns a validation error.
  - `description` string, nullable: Longer description of who this audience is. Set to null to clear.

## Response `200`

The updated audience.

- Audience
  - `id` string, required
  - `name` string, required: Display name for the audience.
  - `description` string, nullable: Longer description of who this audience is.
  - `type` 'static', required: How the audience's recipients are determined. `static` is an explicit member list you manage by adding and removing contacts.
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Authentication required
- `403`: Insufficient permissions
- `404`: Resource not found
- `422`: The request has invalid field values, violates a business rule, or carries a query parameter the endpoint does not declare. Field validation errors use `type: validation_error` and include the affected fields in `details`. Business-rule errors identify the failed rule in `type`.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded
- `500`: Internal server error
- `503`: The service is temporarily unavailable. If `Retry-After` is present, wait for that delay before retrying; otherwise, retry with exponential backoff. Reuse the same idempotency key and request when retrying a mutation.

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