--- title: "Reviewing Details and Editing an Existing Policy" slug: "reviewing-details-and-editing-an-existing-policy" description: "The Policies panel displays a list of existing policies. Review, edit, or delete a policy from this panel." tags: ["Consultant Policy", "Delete Policy", "Edit Policy", "Policies", "Policy editor"] updated: 2026-01-06T23:13:07Z published: 2026-01-06T23:13:07Z --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.wasabi.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Reviewing Details and Editing an Existing Policy On the Policies List panel, click on a policy to review and/or edit. The Policy panel is displayed. For example: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1718907946915.png) This panel shows the policy name and includes: - Arn—Amazon Resource Name for the policy. You can click ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1698436482411.png) to copy the Arn to the clipboard. The following are the general formats for ARNs: arn:aws:service:account-id:resource-id arn:aws:service:account-id:resource-type/resource-id arn:aws:service:account-id:resource-type:resource-id - Attachment Count—Number of users, groups, and/or roles attached to the policy. - Created On—Date and time when the policy was created. - Description—Optional descriptive information (entered when the policy was created). The panel also includes options for: - Reviewing and Editing a Policy, below - [Reviewing Policy Usage](/docs/reviewing-details-and-editing-an-existing-policy#reviewing-policy-usage) - [Reviewing and Managing Policy Versions](/docs/reviewing-details-and-editing-an-existing-policy#reviewing-and-managing-policy-versions) ## Reviewing and Editing a Policy The Policy Editor displays the policy content for your review. In addition: - If it is a Wasabi-predefined Global Policy, you can click ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1698436482411.png) to copy the content to the clipboard. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1718916913470.png) - If the policy is user-created, you can edit or copy ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1698436482411.png) the content. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1718916970641.png) ### Copying Content You can copy the content of a policy for use when creating another policy. 1. Click ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1698436482411.png) to copy the content to the clipboard. 2. Paste this content when [Creating a Policy](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/creating-a-policy). ### Editing Content 1. Click **Edit Policy**. (This button is not available for predefined Global Policies.) 2. Edit the content of the user-created policy, as required. 3. Both the original and new policy will be maintained as versions. You can check the **Save as default version**option (bottom right) to save the edited version as the new default. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1718917048721.png) 4. Click **Create New Version**. ## Reviewing Policy Usage Click the **Policy Usage**drop-down (below the Policy Editor) to display the entities (users, groups, and roles) that are attached to a policy. For example: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1718917288499.png) This example shows that there are 6 entities attached to the policy: - 3 users - 1 group - 1 role To detach an entity from the policy, click ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/reviewing-details-and-editing-an-existing-policy-image-ke6irdk6.png) for the entity. To attach an entity to a policy, you must edit the specific entity using the [group](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/reviewing-details-and-editing-an-existing-group), [role](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/reviewing-details-and-editing-an-existing-role), or [user](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/reviewing-details-and-editing-an-existing-user) editing tool. ## Reviewing and Managing Policy Versions > You can create a maximum of five policy versions, including the default, for user-created policies. > > You cannot create versions for a Wasabi predefined Global Policy. Review and manage versions of a policy if the policy has been revised. Click the **Versions**drop-down (at the bottom of the Policy panel). In the example below, there are three versions of the policy. The default policy, which is the most current version (v3) in this example, is listed first. Then, the original (v1) and other versions (v2) are listed. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1718976110098.png) You can review or hide policy content. Click ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1698438910200.png) to review the policy content for a version. Click ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1698438970166.png) to hide the content. Content is hidden here for easier viewing: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-1718976221690.png) To manage policy versions, you can: - Change the default version. Click **Make Default**to make that version the default policy. - Delete a version. Do so cautiously because as soon as you click **Delete Version**, it is removed. ## Related - [Reviewing the Policies Panel](/reviewing-the-policy-panel.md) - [Displaying the Policies List](/toggling-the-display-of-policies-list-columns.md) - [Searching for a Policy](/searching-for-a-policy.md) - [Creating a Policy](/creating-a-policy.md)