---
title: "Update WhatsApp Business Account"
method: POST
path: "/{Version}/{WABA-ID}"
tags: ["WhatsApp Business Account"]
---

# Update WhatsApp Business Account

`POST /{Version}/{WABA-ID}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://graph.facebook.com`
- URL: `https://graph.facebook.com/{Version}/{WABA-ID}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Update configuration and settings for a WhatsApp Business Account.

**Use Cases:**
- Update WhatsApp Business Account name and configuration
- Modify account settings and preferences
- Update business information and verification details

**Rate Limiting:**
Standard Graph API rate limits apply. Use appropriate retry logic with exponential backoff.

## Path parameters

- `Version` string, required
- `WABA-ID` string, required

## Headers

- `User-Agent` string
- `Authorization` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string: Updated name for the WhatsApp Business Account
  - `timezone_id` string: Updated timezone identifier for the WhatsApp Business Account

## Response `200`

Successfully updated WhatsApp Business Account

- object
  - `success` boolean

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request - Invalid parameters or malformed request
- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing access token
- `403`: Forbidden - Insufficient permissions or access denied
- `404`: Not Found - WhatsApp Business Account ID does not exist or is not accessible
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity - Request parameters are valid but cannot be processed
- `429`: Too Many Requests - Rate limit exceeded
- `500`: Internal Server Error - Unexpected server error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/meta/apis/whatsapp-business-messaging.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/meta/apis/whatsapp-business-messaging/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/meta/apis/whatsapp-business-messaging/revisions/5c1973265369?raw)