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title: Manage scanning tasks
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# Manage scanning tasks

Once you create scanning tasks, you may want to update them. For example, you might want to trigger, cancel, or list the existing scanning tasks.

You can manage scanning tasks in IDM using:

* [REST](task-scanner-rest.html)

* [Admin UI](task-scanner-ui.html)