# Modifying an Amazon RDS event notification subscription
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After you have created a subscription, you can change the subscription name, source identifier, categories, or topic ARN.

## Console
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**To modify an Amazon RDS event notification subscription**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/).

1.  In the navigation pane, choose **Event subscriptions**. 

1.  In the **Event subscriptions** pane, choose the subscription that you want to modify and choose **Edit**. 

1.  Make your changes to the subscription in either the **Target** or **Source** section.

1. Choose **Edit**. The Amazon RDS console indicates that the subscription is being modified.  
![\[List DB event notification subscriptions\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/images/EventNotification-Modify2.png)

   

## AWS CLI
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To modify an Amazon RDS event notification subscription, use the AWS CLI [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/modify-event-subscription.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/modify-event-subscription.html) command. Include the following required parameter:
+ `--subscription-name`

**Example**  
The following code enables `myeventsubscription`.  
For Linux, macOS, or Unix:  

```
aws rds modify-event-subscription \
    --subscription-name myeventsubscription \
    --enabled
```
For Windows:  

```
aws rds modify-event-subscription ^
    --subscription-name myeventsubscription ^
    --enabled
```

## API
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To modify an Amazon RDS event, call the Amazon RDS API operation [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_ModifyEventSubscription.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_ModifyEventSubscription.html). Include the following required parameter:
+ `SubscriptionName`