--- title: "Custom Contact Fields |Manatal Recruitment CRM | User Guides" slug: "contact-custom-fields" description: "This user guide explains how users can manage contact summary pages by creating and customizing information fields on Manatal's recruitment SaaS." updated: 2023-05-16T07:40:51Z published: 2023-05-16T07:40:51Z canonical: "support.manatal.com/contact-custom-fields" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.manatal.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Contact Custom Fields Manatal allows users to add custom categories and fields to guest and contact profiles in the same way as candidate profiles. Important This can only be done by an Admin. [Custom Fields Video](https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/850v5d2epl?seo=false&videoFoam=true) ## Creating a Custom Category 1. Head to the [following page](https://app.manatal.com/administration/customization/contacts-and-guests/custom-fields). Alternatively, click on "Administration" from your side menu, open the "Customization" category and then the "Contacts" category then click on "Customize contact fields". ![Administration 1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Administration%201.png) ![Customization.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Customization.png) ![Contact Custom Fields 1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%201.png) ![Contact Custom Fields 2.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%202.png) 1. Click on "Add new category". ![Contact Custom Fields 3.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%203.png) 2. Fill out the fields and click "Save". ![Contact Custom Fields 5.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%205.png) ## Creating a Custom Field 1. Head to the [following page](https://app.manatal.com/administration/customization/contacts-and-guests/custom-fields). Alternatively, click on "Administration" from your side menu, open the "Customization" category and then the "Contacts" category then click on "Customize contact fields". ![Administration 1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Administration%201.png) ![Customization.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Customization.png) ![Contact Custom Fields 1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%201.png) ![Contact Custom Fields 2.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%202.png) 1. Open the category under which the custom field will be added. It can be a default or custom category. ![Contact Custom Fields 6.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%206.png) 2. Click on "Add Field". ![Contact Custom Fields 7.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%207.png) 3. Fill out the name of the new field and select the desired type of field. Click "Save". Info Learn more about Manatal's type of fields in [this article](https://support.manatal.com/docs/type-of-fields). ![Contact Custom Fields 8.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%208.png) ## Editing a Custom Category or Field 1. Head to the [following page](https://app.manatal.com/administration/customization/contacts-and-guests/custom-fields). Alternatively, click on "Administration" from your side menu, open the "Customization" category and then the "Contacts" category then click on "Customize contact fields". ![Administration 1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Administration%201.png) ![Customization.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Customization.png) ![Contact Custom Fields 1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%201.png) ![Contact Custom Fields 2.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%202.png) 1. Click on the 3-dots next to a custom category or custom field and click on "Edit" from the dropdown menu. ![Contact Custom Fields 9.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%209.png) 2. Edit the fields and click "Save". ![Contact Custom Fields 10.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%2010.png) ## Deleting a Custom Category or Field Note Default categories and fields cannot be deleted. 1. Head to the [following page](https://app.manatal.com/administration/customization/contacts-and-guests/custom-fields). Alternatively, click on "Administration" from your side menu, open the "Customization" category and then the "Contacts" category then click on "Customize contact fields". ![Administration 1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Administration%201.png) ![Customization.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Customization.png) ![Contact Custom Fields 1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%201.png) ![Contact Custom Fields 2.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%202.png) 1. Click on the 3-dots next to a custom category or custom field and click on "Delete" from the dropdown menu. ![Contact Custom Fields 11.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%2011.png) 2. Confirm the deletion by clicking on "Delete". ![Candidate Custom Fields 10](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Candidate%20Custom%20Fields%2010.png) ## Re-ordering Categories and Fields 1. Head to the [following page](https://app.manatal.com/administration/customization/contacts-and-guests/custom-fields). Alternatively, click on "Administration" from your side menu, open the "Customization" category and then the "Contacts" category then click on "Customize contact fields". ![Administration 1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Administration%201.png) ![Customization.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Customization.png) ![Contact Custom Fields 1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%201.png) ![Contact Custom Fields 2.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%202.png) 1. Click to drag and drop to re-order fields. ![Contact Custom Fields 14.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%2014.png) ## Displaying/hiding Categories and Fields 1. Head to the [following page](https://app.manatal.com/administration/customization/contacts-and-guests/custom-fields). Alternatively, click on "Administration" from your side menu, open the "Customization" category and then the "Contacts" category then click on "Customize contact fields". ![Administration 1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Administration%201.png) ![Customization.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Customization.png) ![Contact Custom Fields 1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%201.png) ![Contact Custom Fields 2.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%202.png) 1. Click on the 3-dots next to a category or field and select hide/show from the dropdown menu. ![Contact Custom Fields 13.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Contact%20Custom%20Fields%2013.png)