curl -X PATCH 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/music/finetunes/finetune-id' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "string",
  "tags": [
    "string"
  ],
  "primary_genre": "string",
  "visibility": "private"
}'

# PATCH /v1/music/finetunes/{finetune_id} (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03

> Update Music Finetune

## Critical Gotchas
* Authentication uses the non-standard `xi-api-key` header, not `Authorization: Bearer`. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.
* Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (`--output speech.mp3`) rather than parsing it.

## cURL
curl -X PATCH 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/music/finetunes/finetune-id' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"name":"string","tags":["string"],"primary_genre":"string","visibility":"private"}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| finetune_id | path | string | Yes | path parameter finetune_id. |
| name | body | string | No | Updated name for the finetune. |
| tags | body | string[] | No | Replacement set of tags. |
| primary_genre | body | string | No | Updated primary musical genre. |

## Response (200 OK)
{"id":"string","name":"string"}

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PATCH

/v1/music/finetunes/{finetune_id}

ElevenLabs API

Update Music Finetune

Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

Authentication uses the non-standard xi-api-key header, not Authorization: Bearer. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.

Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (--output speech.mp3) rather than parsing it.

cURL

curl -X PATCH 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/music/finetunes/finetune-id' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "name": "string",  "tags": [    "string"  ],  "primary_genre": "string",  "visibility": "private"}'

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Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
finetune_id	path	string	Yes	path parameter finetune_id.
name	body	string	No	Updated name for the finetune.
tags	body	string[]	No	Replacement set of tags.
primary_genre	body	string	No	Updated primary musical genre.
visibility	body	string	No	Finetune visibility. Only 'private' and 'workspace' can be set.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "tags": [
    "string"
  ],
  "primary_genre": "string",
  "model_id": "string",
  "created_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "visibility": "private",
  "created_by": "self",
  "status": "pending",
  "training_progress": 0,
  "failure_reason": "audio_processing_failed"
}