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title: "Create and apply labels"
date: "2021-11-01T13:53:07+00:00"
summary: "Create and apply custom labels and use them to organize pages, track issues, and filter content efficiently. Admin users can easily manage labels."
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url: "/web-governance/create-and-apply-labels"
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Introduction
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Users with administrator access can create custom tags and apply them to pages. A label is a tag that you can add to any page or issue. Labels can be fully customized, and you can input any text. Additionally, you can use labels to tag people on issues, tag pages that have certain characteristics, tag issues with a ticket number in Jira, and so on. It is also possible to filter pages/issues based on labels. 

This article provides instructions for admin users on how to create, add, and delete labels.

Note

Only users with Admin permissions can create, add, and delete labels.

Create custom labels
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This section provides instructions on how to create a custom label.

1.  From the domain overview, URL, or page listing, hover on a row and click the label icon on the same row as the link.
    
    ![The location of the label icon on the same row as a URL in the list.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/04215f80-1205-4d5c-9855-58bbcef1079f/web/Mon_PrioritizedContent-LabelButton.png)
    
    The list expands to show existing labels. A check-mark identifies labels that are present on the selected page.
    
    ![The list of available labels on a test domain, with one label selected.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/60d66eec-8586-4087-98e3-c0069c79a925/web/Mon_Policies-SelectLabel.png)
    
2.  Tick to select existing labels.
3.  **+Add new Label**: Click to create a new label. The _Create label_ dialog opens.
    
    ![The Create Label dialog. The fields are described in the document text.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/6caa6c9a-148c-48f6-a563-41c6ff75d6b1/web/Mon_Labels-CreateNew.png)
    
4.  **Label Name**: Enter a name for the label.
5.  **Color Picker**: Choose a color or enter the RGB code.
    
    ![The color picker section of the Create Label dialog.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/3d2b63f9-7c9d-47fc-b056-e0ca61287443/web/Mon_Labels-LabelColor.png)
    
    _Tip_: You can use the [Color Contrast Checker](https://www.acquia.com/products/monsido/tools/color-contrast-checker) to find the RGB code.
    
6.  **Save**: Click **Save** to save the label.

Apply custom labels
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This section provides instructions on how to apply a custom label from the domain overview, URL, or page listing.

1.  From the page listing, hover on a row and click the label icon on the same row as the link.
    
    ![The location of the label icon on the same row as a URL in the list.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/04215f80-1205-4d5c-9855-58bbcef1079f/web/Mon_PrioritizedContent-LabelButton.png)
    
    The list expands to show existing labels.
    
    ![The list of available labels on a test website. Labels are user-defined, some common ones are: New, Available, High, Medium, Low.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/dd081f05-5a55-4b0c-b45c-5a04fee1f195/web/Mon_Labels-List.png)
    
2.  Select a label from the list.
3.  **Search**: Click in the search box to search for an existing label.

Remove labels
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This section provides instructions on how to remove all or some labels from a selected row.

1.  From the domain overview, URL, or page listing in any module, hover on a row and click the label icon on the same row as the link.
    
    ![The location of the label icon on the same row as a URL in the list.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/04215f80-1205-4d5c-9855-58bbcef1079f/web/Mon_PrioritizedContent-LabelButton.png)
    
    The list expands to show existing labels.
    
2.  **Clear all Labels:** Select **Clear All Labels** to remove all applied labels from the selected row.
    
    A checkmark identifies labels that are currently in use for the row selected.
    
    ![The list of available labels on a test website. Labels are user-defined, some common ones are: New, Available, High, Medium, Low.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/dd081f05-5a55-4b0c-b45c-5a04fee1f195/web/Mon_Labels-List.png)
    
3.  **Clear an individual Label**: Click in the box to remove the checkmark and deselect the label.

Edit labels
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This section provides instructions on how to edit an existing label.

1.  Click **Admin Settings** (gear icon) on the main menu bar.
    
    The system opens the _Admin dashboard_.
    
2.  Select **Configuration** from the menu on the left.
3.  Click **Labels** from the list of expanded options.
    
    This shows a list of all existing labels for the domain.
    
4.  Click the kebab menu on the same row as the label that you want to edit, and select **Edit** (pencil icon).
5.  Edit the name or color of the label.
6.  Save the changes.

Delete labels
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This section provides instructions on how to delete a label from the list.

1.  Click **Admin Settings** (gear icon) on the main menu bar.
    
    The system opens the _Admin dashboard_.
    
2.  Select **Configuration** from the menu on the left.
3.  Click **Labels** from the list of expanded options.
    
    This shows a list of all existing labels for the domain.
    
4.  Click the kebab menu on the same row as the label that you want to delete, and select **Delete** (trash can icon).
    
    A confirmation dialog box opens with the message, "Are you sure you want to delete label: (label name)?"
    
5.  Click **Delete** in the dialog box to delete the label permanently.
    
    The label is removed from the list and from any page, domain, and users where it was applied.