Update Categories – Yext Help

Adding categories to your entities is an important step to ensure that your business will appear in relevant searches. All the categories you see listed in Yext are predetermined to ensure that you’re listed correctly across the publisher sites. This article explains how to add and update your categories to make sure that your entities are properly categorized across your listings. To view a full list of all available categories, see Export Eligible Category List.

Enterprise Customers: If you are unable to update your categories, reach out to Support for assistance.

To update categories:

Click Knowledge Graph in the navigation bar and click Entities.
Click on the entity you would like to edit.
- To edit multiple entities at once, visit the Edit Entities in Bulk article.
Click on the Categories field and make your desired change:
- Add a category.
  1. Click on the + Add a category link.
  2. Enter the first few letters of the desired category in the text box, and select from the list that appears.
- Delete a category.
  1. Click on the trash can icon () next to the category you'd like to delete.
- Arrange the order of categories.
  1. Drag and drop the category you'd like to move by clicking on the three lines ().
    - Categories should be arranged in order of importance.
Click Save. A dialog box appears.
Read the Warning message before proceeding.
Click on the I'd like to change my categories link to save your changes and update your category.