Create Custom Fields

Create new Custom Fields or add existing Custom Fields from other locations in your Workspace. For information on adding existing Custom Fields to a new location, see Add existing Custom Fields to a new location.

What you'll need

  • 60 Custom Field uses are available on the Free Forever Plan.
  • Unlimited uses are available on paid plans.
  • Individual Custom Fields can be hidden from all guests.
  • Guests can't create and add Custom Fields.
Task view 3.0 is currently in beta.

Video overview

Watch the following ClickTip video on managing Custom Fields in ClickUp 2.0.

Create new Custom Fields

You can create new Custom Fields from the Sidebar, List view, and Table view. When you create a new Custom Field, it's automatically added to the Workspace, Space, Folder, or List where the view is located.

Add new Custom Fields from the Sidebar

To create new Custom Fields for specific Spaces, Folders, and Lists from the Sidebar:
  1. Hover over a Space, Folder, or List.
  2. Click the ellipsis ... icon.
  3. Click settings.
  4. Click Custom Fields.
  5. If you're creating a Custom Field for a Folder or List, click New Custom Field.
  6. Select the type of Custom Field you want to create.
  7. Customize the Custom Field. Details vary by Custom Field type.
  8. Click Create.
  9. The new Custom Field is automatically added to all tasks in the Space, Folder, or List.
Each Custom Field created at the Space, Folder, or List level must be unique in its group. For example, if you create a Custom Field for a Folder, you can't create the same Custom Field with the same title in a List that is nested inside the Folder.

Create new Custom Fields from List view

To create a Custom Field from List view:
  1. Open a List view.
  2. There are two ways to create new Custom Fields:
    • On the right, click the + icon.
    • In the upper-right corner, click Show and select Columns.
  3. Select the Custom Field type to create.
  4. Customize the Custom Field. Details vary by Custom Field.
  5. Click Add Column.
  6. The new Custom Field is automatically added as a column in your List view.

Create new Custom Fields from Table view

To create a Custom Field from Table view:
  1. Open a Table view.
  2. There are three ways to create new Custom Fields:
    • On the right, click the + icon.
    • In the upper-right corner, click Columns and select + Add Column.
    • In the upper-right corner, click Show and select Columns.
  3. Select the Custom Field type you want to create.
  4. Customize the Custom Field. Details vary by Custom Field type.
  5. Click Add Column.
  6. The new Custom Field will automatically be added as a column in your Table view.

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