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title: "Categorising components"
date: "2019-07-08T16:08:34+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to create, organize, and manage component categories in Site Studio. Streamline your workflow with custom categorization, color-coding, and easy reordering for efficient component management."
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Creating a Component category
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You can create custom categories to organise your components.

To create a component category:

1.  Navigate to Site Studio > Components > **Categories**
2.  Click the **Add component category** button
3.  Enter a name for the category in the **Title** field
4.  Select a color for the category, the chosen color is used within the sidebar browser and on the layout canvas to indicate the category a component is categorised within.

![39c55576-creating-component-category.gif](https://acquia.widen.net/content/2cee1233-4bc3-4cb1-8d50-34a5d1425e72/web/39c55576-creating-component-category.gif?animate=true)

Changing the order of a Component Category
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To change the order of a Component Category:

1.  Navigate to Site Studio > Components > **Categories**
2.  Click and hold on the **Drag handle** next to the category you want to move and drag the variable up or down to reposition it. This order is reflected in the sidebar browser
3.  Click **Save**

![6373c545-reordering-categories.gif](https://acquia.widen.net/content/411d06d1-6eaa-45de-980d-50de71b94dc8/web/6373c545-reordering-categories.gif?animate=true)

Deleting a Component Category
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To delete a Component category:

1.  Navigate to Site Studio > Components > **Categories**
2.  Find the Component Category you want to delete
3.  Click the action menu and then **Delete**
4.  On the confirmation screen, click **Delete**.

![e256a28a-deleting-category.gif](https://acquia.widen.net/content/8573b627-d347-45ae-ae14-219a85b937f4/web/e256a28a-deleting-category.gif?animate=true)

Important

Note that it is possible to delete a category that is in-use, any components that are categorised in a category you delete are then added to an uncategorised category.