# Reconfigure flow

> A flow that changes the settings of a config entry, like its host, without removing and adding it again.

Source: https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/reconfigure-flow/

- In code: `async_step_reconfigure`
- In the UI: Reconfigure
- Also: reconfigure

Removing and adding a config entry again loses the names, areas, and other settings users gave its entities and devices. A reconfigure flow keeps them.

## Related terms

- [Config flow](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/config-flow/): The steps in the UI that set up an integration and create a config entry.
- [Options flow](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/options-flow/): The steps in the UI that change the options of an existing config entry, like how often it polls.
- [Config entry](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/config-entry/): One set-up instance of an integration, like one Hue bridge, with the configuration Home Assistant stores for it.