Format, organize, and add context to tasks using different Custom Fields types.
Add locations, AI-powered fields, dropdown menus, and more to enrich your work. Use different Custom Field types to tailor your collaborative work management system to your team's needs.
You can use Custom Fields by task type or Custom Fields by location.
What you'll need
- 60 uses of Custom Fields are available on the Free Forever Plan.
- Unlimited uses are available on all paid plans.
- Individual Custom Fields can be hidden from all guests.
- Required Custom Fields are only available on the Business Plan and above.
List of Custom Field types
Below is a list of Custom Fields types with descriptions, examples, and the options available for each type:
| Type | Description | Example | Options |
| Button | Use Button Custom Fields to manually trigger Automations on individual tasks. |
Review | |
| Checkbox | A true or false checkbox. | Review required |
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| Date | A custom date and time (formatted like other dates in ClickUp). |
Today 12/31/2022 12/31/2022 1:00 pm |
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Dropdown Use the New button to quickly add a new label! |
A series of options in a menu. Add options in bulk by pasting an ordered or unordered list! Dropdown Custom Fields include the following AI Fields:
Dropdown options are consistent in all of the Custom Field's locations. It is not possible to have different dropdown options for different Spaces, Folders, or Lists. |
Weekly Monthly Quarterly Annually |
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| A formatted email address. | user@company.com |
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| Files | Upload files from your device or cloud storage services. | profilepicture.png |
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| Formula | Make calculations between fields on a task using both simple and advanced formulas. | Budget - Cost = Profit | |
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Labels Use the New button to quickly add a new label! |
A flexible list of options, similar to Tags. You can use up to 500 options. |
Customer reported bug Internally reported bug QA reported bug |
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| Location |
A formatted address based on Google Maps. Use this field with Map view! |
123 Main St, Hometown, CA, United States |
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| Money | A formatted amount of money in any currency. |
$123.45 R$12,345.00 |
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| Number | A formatted numeric value. | 1,234,567.89 |
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| People |
Select people and Teams. Guests will only be able to see users from Locations that have been shared with them. |
Sam Accounting team |
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| Phone |
A formatted phone number with country and area codes. Click the flag icon to set the country code for each phone number! |
+1 (212) 555 1234 +61 0412 345 678 |
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| Progress (Auto) |
An automatically calculated progress bar that tracks the completion of subtasks, checklists, and assigned comments. Nested subtask progress is not included in Progress (Auto) rollup. |
75/100 |
Track completion of:
Tasks without action items:
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| Progress (Manual) | A progress bar that's manually set. |
10/100 |
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| Rating | Use emoji to rate items on a numeric scale. |
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ |
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| Relationships | Tasks linked together using Relationship. |
Task A |
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| Rollup |
Displays fields from related tasks including:
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12/31/2022 (Task A's due date) |
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| Signature | Capture typed or drawn signatures. |
John Jones |
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| Text |
Enter a single line of plain text. Text Custom Fields are automatically middle-aligned. Text Custom Fields include the following AI Fields:
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Use ClickUp to save one day a week! |
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| Text area (Long Text) |
Enter a paragraph of plain text. You can use rich text editing in this Custom Field. Long Text Custom Fields include the following AI Fields:
Write with AI in Long Text Custom Fields by typing Long Text Custom Fields have a 50,000 character limit. |
ClickUp is the most powerful and flexible productivity and project management software on the market! |
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| Voting |
Use Voting Custom Fields to prioritize work, run retrospectives, or analyze sentiment. You can add this Custom Field to List, Board, Table, Timeline, and Workload view. |
Votes |
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| Website | Capture the URL of any website. |
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Create a Custom Field
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