How to Update Solana Token Metadata

To update Solana token metadata, open the token in DexLab Token Hub, select the Manage tab, open the Modify Metadata card, edit the name, ticker, logo, description, tags, or links, and sign the transaction in your wallet. The new metadata is written on chain in that one transaction, and wallets and explorers show it once their own caches refresh.

The card is available only while the connected wallet still holds the metadata update authority and the token metadata is still mutable. If the update authority has been revoked, the record is permanent and no tool, including DexLab, can change it. Everything here works the same for standard SPL tokens and for Token-2022 tokens.

How to Update Token Metadata Step by Step

  1. Open your token in Token Hub

    Go to Token Hub and open the page of the token you want to edit. Connect the wallet that holds the metadata update authority. The Modify Metadata card stays disabled for any other wallet.

  2. Select the Manage tab

    The Manage tab lists the management actions for the token under a Feature Management heading. It is available for tokens created with the current DexLab Minting Lab; a legacy V1 token or a token created elsewhere shows a notice in place of the cards.

  3. Open the Modify Metadata card

    The form opens pre-filled with the current name, ticker, logo, description, tags, and links, read from the token metadata document, so you edit the existing record rather than retyping it.

  4. Edit the name, ticker, and logo

    Token Name, Ticker, and Symbol Image are the three required fields. The name accepts up to 32 bytes and the ticker up to 10 bytes, so characters outside plain ASCII count for more than one each. A replacement logo must be 1 MB or smaller, and the form recommends 256 by 256 pixels.

  5. Open Show Advanced Options for the description, links, and tags

    The description, the Website, X, Telegram, and Discord links, and the tag list sit behind the Show Advanced Options disclosure. The description accepts up to 1000 bytes and is optional.

  6. Sign the transaction

    The button reads Update Metadata once the required fields are filled and something has actually changed. DexLab then uploads the new logo, uploads the new metadata document, simulates the transaction, and asks your wallet to sign it. When it confirms, the on-chain metadata points at the new document.

Token metadata FAQ

Can Solana token metadata be changed after minting?
Yes, provided the metadata is still mutable and the update authority still exists. Solana token metadata is a separate account that points at a metadata document, and updating it is a normal transaction rather than a re-mint. The token address, the supply, and every holder balance are untouched by a metadata update.
Who is allowed to change the metadata?
Only the wallet that holds the metadata update authority, which is the creator wallet by default. DexLab enables the Modify Metadata card when two conditions hold at once: the connected wallet matches the metadata authority on the token, and the metadata is still marked mutable. Connect a different wallet and the card stays greyed out, because no interface can grant an authority the wallet does not have.
Can the name, the ticker, and the logo each be changed?
Yes, all three, in the same transaction. The name and the ticker are written into the on-chain metadata account, and the logo is referenced by the metadata document that account points at. You can also change the description, the tags, and the website, X, Telegram, and Discord links in the same edit.
What happens if the update authority was revoked?
The metadata is permanent. Revoking the metadata update authority removes the only key that can rewrite the record, so the name, ticker, and logo are frozen for the life of the token and no tool can restore the ability to edit them. In DexLab the card that does this is Update Metadata Authority in the Authority Management section, and it warns that removing the authority cannot be undone before you sign.Revoke mint or freeze authority
How much does it cost to update token metadata?
Two amounts are added together. The DexLab service fee for this action is read from the on-chain fee configuration rather than being fixed in the app, and a token created through Minting Lab pays half of the standard fee for it. The Solana network fee is charged on top. Your wallet shows the exact total for the transaction before you approve it, and the button in the card reads Insufficient balance instead of Update Metadata if your SOL does not cover it.Token creation cost
How long until wallets and explorers show the new name or logo?
The on-chain record changes as soon as the transaction confirms, which takes seconds. What a wallet, an explorer, or a price site displays depends on that service refreshing its own cache and re-reading the metadata document, which commonly takes minutes and can take hours. The delay is on their side, so re-signing the update a second time does not speed it up.
Why is the Modify Metadata card greyed out?
Either the connected wallet is not the metadata update authority, or the metadata has already been made immutable. There is also a step before that one: the Manage tab shows its cards for tokens created with the current DexLab Minting Lab, and shows an explanatory notice for a legacy V1 token or a token that was created somewhere else.Create a Solana token
Does this work for Token-2022 tokens?
Yes. Modifying metadata is not a Token-2022 only feature, so the same card serves standard SPL tokens and Token-2022 tokens alike, and the flow is identical for both.