> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hiveku.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Add Your Own Fields to Contacts, Companies and Deals

> Add a field your business needs to every contact, company or deal, choose where it shows, and fill it in

Every business tracks something the CRM doesn't ask for out of the box: how many seats a café has, which roast a buyer prefers, how much coffee they go through. Add it as a custom field, and it appears on every record of that kind.

This guide adds a **Monthly volume (lb)** field to Northwind's contacts and fills it in for Priya Shah of Fernwood Bakery.

## Add the field

**1. Open the record fields**

Click **CRM** in the left rail, then **Setup** at the top, then **Settings**. Under **Record fields**, click **Contacts**, **Companies** or **Deals**.

**2. Name it and pick its type**

Under **Custom fields**, type the field's name in **Field label…**, pick its type, such as **number**, **text** or **date**, and click **Add**. It joins the list above.

![Custom fields with Café seats, Preferred roast and Delivery day, and a new row outlined: Monthly volume (lb), the type number, and the Add button](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/QdfcSHhMQssuKqMa/images/how-tos/crm/cf-01-new-field-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=QdfcSHhMQssuKqMa\&q=85\&s=4dfb8a4fa9014c59ca516038553a9112)

> [!NOTE]
>
> The **select** and **multiselect** types need a list of choices, which this page can't set yet. Use **text** or **number** for now.

## Choose where it shows

**Record layout**, under the fields, sets the details panel on every record for everyone on the account. Click the eye to show or hide a field, and the arrows or the handle to move it. The **Preview** shows the result. Click **Save layout** when you have made changes.

![Record layout with the Shown and Hidden standard fields, Custom fields shown with Monthly volume (lb) at the top, outlined, and the Preview with Monthly volume (lb), outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/QdfcSHhMQssuKqMa/images/how-tos/crm/cf-02-record-layout-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=QdfcSHhMQssuKqMa\&q=85\&s=46168a4eee4b6449f2aed4613d546fcb)

A field you add is shown to start with. If it doesn't appear in the layout yet, reload the page.

## Fill it in on a record

**1. Open the record**

Open the contact, company or deal and find **Custom fields** in the panel on the left. It starts folded: click its heading to open it.

**2. Type the value**

Click the pencil on the field, type the value and click **Save**.

![The Monthly volume (lb) field open for editing with 40 typed, and Save and Cancel, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/QdfcSHhMQssuKqMa/images/how-tos/crm/cf-03-fill-in-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=QdfcSHhMQssuKqMa\&q=85\&s=42a85d98c590ea406e82853310054074)

The number next to **Custom fields** counts the fields with a value.

![Custom fields 1, with Monthly volume (lb) 40 outlined, and Café seats, Preferred roast and Delivery day empty](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/QdfcSHhMQssuKqMa/images/how-tos/crm/cf-04-on-the-contact-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=QdfcSHhMQssuKqMa\&q=85\&s=c9abeccffebbc98f1f1b48e4b3085253)

## Good to know

* **One list for everyone.** Custom fields and the record layout apply to the whole account.
* **Deleting a field.** The trash can next to a field in **Custom fields** deletes the field and every value saved in it, on every record. It asks first, and it can't be undone.
* **More:** [Bring Your Contacts In from a Spreadsheet](/how-tos/crm/import-contacts) can fill custom fields from a file's columns.


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