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title: "Edit custom recipes"
slug: "edit-custom-recipes"
updated: 2025-06-01T21:38:02Z
published: 2025-06-01T21:38:02Z
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# Edit custom recipes

## Edit Your Custom Recipe

If you previously [created a custom recipe](/docs/en/create-custom-recipes), you can edit the custom recipe’s name, serving size, ingredients, and other details.

**Tip:** If you have a [Premium subscription](/docs/en/subscribe-to-carb-manager-premium), you can [import recipes](/docs/en/import-recipes) from some websites.**Tip:****Want to edit a food that is in a custom recipe?** Because recipes are made up of individual foods, first [copy the food that you want to edit to My Foods](/docs/en/copy-foods-recipes-and-meals-to-my-foods), then [edit the food](/docs/en/edit-custom-foods).

1. Web app users: Go to the [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/home.svg)**Daily Log**.
2. Complete one of the following steps:
  - **Edit a daily log entry:** Select the custom recipe entry that you want to edit. Or select the [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/expander.svg)**Expander** near the side of the entry, then select **Edit**.
  - **Edit a custom recipe for future entries:**
    1. Select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/add.svg)**Add Item** > [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/add-food-btn.svg)**Add Food**. Or select any **Add Food** button in the daily log.
    2. In the food selection screen, select the **My Foods**tab, then select the custom recipe that you want to edit.**Tip:** To narrow the list of items in the My Foods tab, select **Recipes** or search for a name or description of a recipe. For more information, see [Find foods, recipes, and meals](/docs/en/find-foods-recipes-and-meals).
3. In the custom recipe’s screen, select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/more-options-vertical.svg)**Options** > **Edit Custom Recipe**.
4. In the Edit Recipe screen, update any of the recipe's details, including the name, description, steps to prepare the food, and more.**Tip:** The options that are available to edit a recipe are the same options that are available when creating a recipe. For complete details, see [Create custom recipes](/docs/en/create-custom-recipes).
5. Select **Save**.
6. Optional: Complete any of the following steps.
  - Select **Publish to Database**if you want to add your custom recipe to our database for other people to find.**Tip:** If you previously published the recipe and you want to unpublish it and remove it from our database, select **Publish To Database** to turn off the setting.
  - To save the custom recipe to a specific folder in the [My Foods tab](/docs/en/find-foods-recipes-and-meals), either select a folder from the list or complete the following steps to create a new folder.
    1. Select **New Folder**.
    2. Enter a **Folder Name**.
    3. Select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/add-item.svg)**Add**.
7. Select **Update Recipe**.

## **My Custom Recipe Macros Are Incorrect After Editing**

If you've edited a custom-created recipe and are now experiencing issues with macro display (incorrect numbers, zeros, or dashes instead of values), please follow these steps to resolve the issue:

1. **Re-open Your Edited Recipe:**
  - Select the "Edit" option for the recipe you modified.
2. **Re-save Each Ingredient:**
  - Within the recipe editing screen, individually open and then re-save each ingredient listed in your recipe. You typically don't need to make any changes, just open and then save them.
3. **Re-save the Recipe:**
  - After re-saving all ingredients, re-save the entire recipe.

Your macros should now be updated and displayed correctly.