Answers.Body: <p>This is possible using Update contact using profile. Below are the step to achieve this</p>
  
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  <li><p>Create a Profile with Contact Sub-type field.
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  <li><p>Do Contact Search and select contact(s) you want to update and select '<strong>Update multiple contacts</strong>' from <strong>Actions</strong> dropdown.</p></li>
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  <li>You will be redirected to Profile selection page. Select the profile you had created at #1 from 'select profile' dropdown and click on continue.</li>
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  <li>You will be redirected to a page where you wii see fields against each contact. Select the contact subtype for each contact and then click on Update Contacts. You can also click on Copy image <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Injwc.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Injwc.png" alt="enter image description here"></a>(besides column title) to copy the content of 1st field into rest of fields beneath it.</li>
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  <p>HTH</p>
  
  <p>Pradeep</p>
  
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Body: <p>How can I globally edit a particular CiviCRM Contact field?  For example, I would like to search for a specific set of contacts, then assign them all a particular Contact Subtype.</p>
  
Tags: <contacts><contact-types>
Title: Global editing of CiviCRM fields
ThreadText: # Global editing of CiviCRM fields
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-22)
  
  How can I globally edit a particular CiviCRM Contact field? For example, I would like to search for a specific set of contacts, then assign them all a particular Contact Subtype.
  
  **Tags:** contacts, contact-types
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-22. Score: 4
  
  This is possible using Update contact using profile. Below are the step to achieve this
  
  1. Create a Profile with Contact Sub-type field.
     [![](https://i.sstatic.net/wTtIL.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/wTtIL.png)
  
     [![](https://i.sstatic.net/I5mBy.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/I5mBy.png)
  2. Do Contact Search and select contact(s) you want to update and select '**Update multiple contacts**' from **Actions** dropdown.
  
  [![](https://i.sstatic.net/oy8sF.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/oy8sF.png)
  
  3. You will be redirected to Profile selection page. Select the profile you had created at #1 from 'select profile' dropdown and click on continue.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/cnl7g.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/cnl7g.png)
  
  4. You will be redirected to a page where you wii see fields against each contact. Select the contact subtype for each contact and then click on Update Contacts. You can also click on Copy image [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Injwc.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/Injwc.png)(besides column title) to copy the content of 1st field into rest of fields beneath it.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/OF14d.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/OF14d.png)
  
  HTH
  
  Pradeep
  
  
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