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title: Custom Fields
description: Custom Fields allow you to save general facts about your Contacts to help you better remember them on a more individual basis.
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# Custom Fields

## Custom Fields allow you to save general facts about your Contacts to help you better remember them on a more individual basis.

#### To create a New Custom Field category:

**1.** Go to the **Contacts** section of your Text Request menu.

**2.** Click **Manage**. 

**3.** Click **Custom Fields**.

**4.** Click **+ New Custom Field**.

![New Custom Field Final](https://help.textrequest.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Help%20Center/New%20Custom%20Field%20Final.gif?width=688&name=New%20Custom%20Field%20Final.gif)

### Managing Custom Fields

To **edit** a custom field, hover over the custom field and click the **pencil icon**.

To **delete** a custom field, click the **trash bin icon**. 

To **move** a custom field, click the **two lines icon** and drag it to your preferred position. 

![Managing Custom Fields Final](https://help.textrequest.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Help%20Center/Managing%20Custom%20Fields%20Final.gif?width=688&name=Managing%20Custom%20Fields%20Final.gif)

**Note:** Any changes you make to a custom field's name will automatically be applied to all of your **contacts**, so be sure to update their information accordingly. For example, if you change a **custom field** category name from “Favorite Color” to “First Job,” the **contacts** with favorite colors listed in their details will still have that information in that slot (First Job will say purple). 

 

### Editing Custom Field Information

You can edit an individual Contact’s Custom Field information at any time from anywhere in Text Request that shows contacts. This includes the **Contacts** section itself, as well as the **Conversation Queue**, and even within a **Conversation Block**. 

**1.** Click the contact's **phone number or name** to open its **details**.

**2.** Click the **Custom Fields** dropdown. 

**3.** Edit any custom fields you want. 

**4.** Click **Save Edits**. 

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