# Update chat

## Update an existing Chat

> Updates a chat and allows replacing its icon using multipart form data.

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deleted"}},"additionalProperties":false},"MessageVisibility":{"enum":["Public","Private"],"type":"string"},"ChatAttachmentRef":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string"},"name":{"type":"string"},"icon":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"revision":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"},"file":{"allOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/File"}],"description":"Represents the file this attachment belongs to."}},"additionalProperties":false},"File":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string"},"audit":{"allOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/PlatformObjectAudit"}]},"$meta":{"allOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/PlatformMetadata"}],"nullable":true},"name":{"type":"string"},"icon":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"revision":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"},"type":{"allOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/FileType"}],"description":"Specifies the type of the file, such as attachment or icon"},"filename":{"type":"string","description":"Represents the name of the file associated with the attachment."},"size":{"type":"integer","description":"Indicates the size of the file in bytes.","format":"int64","nullable":true},"contentType":{"type":"string","description":"Represents the MIME type of the file content."}},"additionalProperties":false,"description":"Represents a file in the helpdesk module"},"FileType":{"enum":["Attachment","Icon","Image","Video"],"type":"string"},"ProblemDetails":{"type":"object","properties":{"type":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"title":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"status":{"type":"integer","format":"int32","nullable":true},"detail":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"instance":{"type":"string","nullable":true}},"additionalProperties":{}}}}}
```


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