---
title: "Content verification"
description: "Mark items as verified to show they’re accurate and up to date. Verified items get a checkmark and rank higher in search."
url: "https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/exploration-and-organization/content-verification"
version: "65"
---

# Content verification

> Content verification is only available on [Pro](https://www.metabase.com/product/pro) and [Enterprise](https://www.metabase.com/product/enterprise) plans (both self-hosted and on Metabase Cloud).

![Verified icon](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/exploration-and-organization/images/verified-icon.png)

Admins can verify items to let others know that the content is accurate and up to date.

## Benefits of verifying an item

- Verified items get a fancy blue checkmark next to them.
- They show up higher in search suggestions and results.
- The models and metrics browsers allow you to filter for verified items.

![Verified models toggle](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/exploration-and-organization/images/verified-only.png)

## Verifying items

To verify an item, an admin can click on the three-dot menu (**...**) in the upper right when viewing that item and select: **Verify this item**.

![Verify this dashboard](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/exploration-and-organization/images/verify-this-dashboard.png)

## Removing verification status

To remove verification from an item, admins can:

1. Visit the item.
2. Click on the three-dot menu (**...**).
3. Select **remove verification**.

## Changes to queries require re-verification

If anyone makes any changes to a question, metric, or model's _query_, Metabase will remove the verification status (the check mark will disappear). The logic here is that changing the results in any way should require re-verification.

Dashboard verification works a little differently (since there's no underlying query). Dashboard verification is sticky; you can modify a verified dashboard and it'll retain its verified status.

## Verifiable items

Admins can verify the following items:

- [Questions](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/questions/start.md)
- [Models](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/data-modeling/models/models.md)
- [Metrics](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/data-modeling/semantic-layer/metrics.md)
- [Dashboards](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/dashboards/introduction.md)

Dashboard verification status has no effect on its questions. Questions must be verified independently.

## Further reading

- [Official collections](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/exploration-and-organization/collections.md#official-collections)
- [Library](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/data-modeling/semantic-layer/library.md)