MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v41/methods/channels.editAbout.md
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title: channels.editAbout
description: Edit the about text of a channel/supergroup
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
---
# Method: channels.editAbout
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Edit the about text of a channel/supergroup
### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|channel|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel](../types/InputChannel.md) | The channel | Optional|
|about|[string](../types/string.md) | The new about text | Yes|
### Return type: [Bool](../types/Bool.md)
### Can bots use this method: **YES**
### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):
```php
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();
$Bool = $MadelineProto->channels->editAbout(['channel' => InputChannel, 'about' => 'string', ]);
```
Or, if you're into Lua:
```lua
Bool = channels.editAbout({channel=InputChannel, about='string', })
```
### Errors
| Code | Type | Description |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|CHANNEL_INVALID|The provided channel is invalid|
|400|CHAT_ABOUT_NOT_MODIFIED|About text has not changed|
|400|CHAT_ABOUT_TOO_LONG|Chat about too long|
|400|CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED|You must be an admin in this chat to do this|