How to Edit DigitalOcean Knowledge Bases

Validated on 15 Apr 2026 • Last edited on 27 Apr 2026

DigitalOcean Knowledge Bases let you store, index, and retrieve data from private files, websites, Spaces buckets, and other sources to power retrieval-augmented generation with your own content.

You can edit a knowledge base’s name, project, tags, or reranking settings, or destroy it.

The following knowledge base details are view-only:

  • Embeddings model shows the model in use and the token rate for indexing events.
  • Associated agents lists any agents attached using the knowledge base. You can attach or detach any agent as needed.
  • OpenSearch DB show the databases in use and its region. To manage databases, see the OpenSearch documentation.

Edit a Knowledge Base

To edit a knowledge base, go to the DigitalOcean Control Panel, in the left menu, click DATA SERVICES, and then click Knowledge Bases.

Then, find the knowledge base you want to edit, on the right of it, click , and then click Manage Settings to open its Settings tab.

You can edit the following attributes:

  • Knowledge base info, change the knowledge base name or select a different project.
  • Tags, add or remove tags.
  • Reranking, enable or disable reranking for the knowledge base.
  • Destroy, destroy the knowledge base.

Click Edit on the right of the attribute you want to update, and then click Submit to apply your changes.

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