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title: Working with detectors
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# Working with detectors

After creating a detector, it appears on the Threat detectors page along with others saved to the system. You can then perform a number of actions for each detector, from editing its details to changing its status. See the following sections for description of the available actions.
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## Threat detector list

The list of threat detectors includes the search bar, the **Status** dropdown menu, and the **Log type** dropdown menu.
* Use the search bar to filter by detector name.
* Select the **Status** dropdown menu to filter detectors in the list by Active and Inactive status.
* Select the **Log type** dropdown menu to filter detectors by any log type that appears in the list (the options depend on the detectors present in the list and their log types).

### Editing a detector

To edit a detector, begin by selecting the link to the detector in the Detector name column of the list. The detector's details window opens and shows details about the detector's configuration.
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* In the upper-left portion of the window, the details window shows the name of the detector and its status, either Active or Inactive.
* In the upper-right corner of the window, you can select **View alerts** to go to the Alerts window or **View findings** to go to the Findings window. You can also select **Actions** to perform actions for the detector. See [Detector actions]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/security-analytics/usage/detectors/#detector-actions).
* In the lower portion of the window, select the **Edit** button for either Detector details or Detection rules to make changes accordingly.
* Finally, you can select the **Field mappings** tab to edit field mappings for the detector, or select the **Alert triggers** tab to make edits to alerts associated with the detector.
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## Detector actions

Threat detector actions allow you to stop and start detectors or delete a detector. To enable actions, first select the checkbox beside one or more detectors in the list.
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### Changing detector status

1.  Select the detector or detectors in the list whose status you would like to change. The **Actions** dropdown menu becomes enabled.
1.  Depending on whether the detector is currently active or inactive, select either **Stop detector** or **Start detector**. After a moment, the change in status of the detector appears in the detector list as either Inactive or Active.

### Deleting a detector

1. Select the detector or detectors in the list that you would like to delete. The **Actions** dropdown menu becomes enabled.
1. Select **Delete** in the dropdown menu. The Delete detector popup window opens and asks you to verify that you want to delete the detector or detectors.
1. Select **Cancel** to decline the action. Select **Delete detector** to delete the detector or detectors permanently from the list.