Set or change the asset type

1. Select one or multiple assets in the upload basket.

2. Click the "Set asset type" menu entry in the context menu OR the respective button in the upload basket's toolbar. A new dialog opens.

3. Click one of the available types in the dialog to assign the asset type.

4. The selected assets have the new type and you can subsequently edit the asset metadata.

1. Select one or multiple assets in the asset list.

2. Click the "Set asset type" menu entry in the context menu. A new dialog opens.

3. Click one of the available types in the dialog to assign the asset type.

4. If you are changing the asset type to a different one, a new dialog opens and shows all fields in the old type that will be reset because they don't exist in the new type:
   
   

5. Click "OK" to confirm the removal of fields.

6. The selected assets have the new type and you can subsequently edit the asset metadata.

You cannot change the asset type for assets inside a strict node, because changing the asset type will likely result in empty required fields and assets inside strict nodes are not allowed to have empty required fields.

The most likely explanation is that you cannot change the asset type for assets in strict nodes. Strict nodes do not allow their assets to have invalid information fields (e.g. required fields that are empty). If you change the asset type, there will probably be invalid fields, which prevents you from saving the asset metadata in strict nodes.

To work around this restriction, change the affected nodes' validation level to "Tolerant".

No, it is not possible to remove/unset an asset type from an asset once it was set for the first time, as this would mean losing all entered information field values irreversibly. You can only change the type.

If you only have permission to use one asset type, the type is set automatically during upload.