# Editing cost categories
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You can edit your cost categories using the following procedure. Cost category names can't be edited. If you're using split charges, you can choose **Uncategorized** cost as your source value at this time.<a name="edit-cost-categories-steps"></a>

**To edit a cost category**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **cost categories**.

1. Select the cost category to edit.

1. Choose **Edit cost category**.

1. If you want the changes to retroactively apply from a previous date, choose the month you want the parameter changes to apply from.

1. Make changes to parameters and choose **Confirm cost category**.

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS Billing and Cost Management. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query awsaccountbilling` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).