Changing the datatype

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Galaxy will try to autodetect the datatype of your files, but you may need to manually set this occasionally.

Click on the galaxy-pencil pencil icon for the dataset to edit its attributes
In the central panel, click galaxy-chart-select-data Datatypes tab on the top
In the galaxy-chart-select-data Assign Datatype, select your desired datatype from “New type” dropdown
- Tip: you can start typing the datatype into the field to filter the dropdown menu
Click the Save button

Resource PURL: https://gxy.io/GTN:F00026

{% snippet  faqs/galaxy/datasets_change_datatype.md %}

Assign datatype without specifying the datatype:

{% snippet faqs/galaxy/datasets_change_datatype.md  %}

Assign datatype with a specific datatype:

{% snippet faqs/galaxy/datasets_change_datatype.md datatype="fastqsanger"  %}