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title: Editing features
description: "Add, edit, and delete features in a dataset from a map. Saved edits change the dataset, so they appear on every map that uses it."
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Feature editing changes the dataset, so saved edits appear on every map that uses it. The edit menu appears on editable vector layers when your access allows it.

## Start here

**[How feature editing works](/docs/editing-features/concepts-feature-editing)**

Understand permissions, supported layers, and why edits affect every map using the dataset.

**[Feature edit controls](/docs/editing-features/feature-edit-controls-reference)**

Look up the available actions and editor controls.

## Edit map data

**[Add a feature](/docs/editing-features/add-a-feature)**

Draw a new point, line, or polygon and enter its attributes.

**[Edit feature attributes](/docs/editing-features/edit-feature-attributes)**

Correct or update the values stored for a feature.

**[Edit feature geometry](/docs/editing-features/edit-feature-geometry)**

Move a point or reshape a line or polygon.

**[Delete a feature](/docs/editing-features/delete-a-feature)**

Permanently remove one feature from the dataset.