Manage synthetic monitors

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Edit or delete synthetic monitors after creating them.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_sow_synthetics.synthetics_editor

Procedure

Navigate to All > Service Operations Workspace and select the synthetic monitoring icon ([Omitted image "sys-mon-icon.png"] Alt text: Synthetic monitoring).
Follow these instructions to edit a monitor.

Option	Description
Edit multiple monitor configurations	From the synthetic monitoring landing page, select one or more monitors and select Edit. See Create and edit a synthetic monitor.Note: Current values aren't shown in the fields. If you don't edit a field, the original values remain. If you want to edit properties other than credentials, location, or alert settings, you must edit a single monitor at a time from the Details tab.
Edit a single monitor configuration	From the synthetic monitoring landing page, select a monitor to open it and then select the Details tab to edit. See Create and edit a synthetic monitor for more information.
Delete monitors	From the Synthetic monitoring landing page, choose one or more monitors to delete and select Delete.

Option

Description

Edit multiple monitor configurations

From the synthetic monitoring landing page, select one or more monitors and select Edit. See Create and edit a synthetic monitor.Note: Current values aren't shown in the fields. If you don't edit a field, the original values remain.

If you want to edit properties other than credentials, location, or alert settings, you must edit a single monitor at a time from the Details tab.

Edit a single monitor configuration

From the synthetic monitoring landing page, select a monitor to open it and then select the Details tab to edit. See Create and edit a synthetic monitor for more information.

Delete monitors

From the Synthetic monitoring landing page, choose one or more monitors to delete and select Delete.

**Parent Topic:**[Configuring synthetic monitoring](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/configuring-synthetic-monitoring.md)

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---
title: Manage synthetic monitors
description: Edit or delete synthetic monitors after creating them.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-operations-management/manage-synthetic-monitors.html
release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Configure, Synthetic monitoring, ITOM AIOps, IT Operations Management]
---

# Manage synthetic monitors

Edit or delete synthetic monitors after creating them.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_sow\_synthetics.synthetics\_editor

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **Service Operations Workspace** and select the synthetic monitoring icon \(\[Omitted image "sys-mon-icon.png"\] Alt text: Synthetic monitoring\).

2.  Follow these instructions to edit a monitor.

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Option

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Description

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**Edit multiple monitor configurations**

</td><td>

From the synthetic monitoring landing page, select one or more monitors and select **Edit**. See [Create and edit a synthetic monitor](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/create-synthetic-monitor.md).**Note:** Current values aren't shown in the fields. If you don't edit a field, the original values remain.

If you want to edit properties other than credentials, location, or alert settings, you must edit a single monitor at a time from the **Details** tab.

</td></tr><tr><td id="d343957e119">

**Edit a single monitor configuration**

</td><td>

From the synthetic monitoring landing page, select a monitor to open it and then select the **Details** tab to edit. See [Create and edit a synthetic monitor](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/create-synthetic-monitor.md) for more information.

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**Delete monitors**

</td><td>

From the Synthetic monitoring landing page, choose one or more monitors to delete and select **Delete**.

</td></tr></tbody>
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**Parent Topic:**[Configuring synthetic monitoring](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/configuring-synthetic-monitoring.md)