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title: "Custom Fields: Configurations"
slug: "configurations"
updated: 2026-03-08T22:58:10Z
published: 2026-03-08T22:58:10Z
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# Custom Fields: Configurations

### Edit Configuration Custom Fields

### Field Options

This allows you to configure various settings that are applied across your infoodle site including options for gender fields, middle name field, preferred contact methods and more.

Just select the option to enable or disable from the **dropdown** lists. Then click **save**.

### Lookup Lists

When you are creating or editing custom fields with the **lookup** custom field type, you have the option to select a list for that field to use. And if there is not a suitable lookup list, you can **create** one.

When you open the lookup lists screen you will see the list of lookups you have in your infoodle site.

- You can see here where they are used in the **used by custom field** column.
- If they have **system** next to them, then these are an integral part of the infoodle system and are required for correct functionality.
- You can also **delete** any lookup list that isn't required by the system

#### Add a custom lookup list

[Video](https://cdn.document360.io/d198920d-a212-4177-85f9-e1abc92e7ab3/Images/Documentation/HowToAddACustomLookupList.mp4)

1. Click **add**
2. Type in the title of your custom lookup list
3. Then click **edit lookup values**
4. Click **add your first value** or **add**
5. Type in the name of the lookup item
6. Then click **save**
7. If needed, you can also organise alphabetically or in a custom order by clicking on **sort manually**, then **change sort order**
8. Then drag and drop the item to change the order

### Edit lookup lists

[Video](https://cdn.document360.io/d198920d-a212-4177-85f9-e1abc92e7ab3/Images/Documentation/HowToEditALookupList.mp4)

**Edit lookup list title** by clicking on **edit** next to the lookup you want to change **Edit lookup list items** by clicking on **edit lookup values** then:

1. Click **add your first value** or **add**
2. Type in the name of the lookup item
3. Finally click **save**
4. If needed, you can also organise alphabetically or in a custom order by clicking on **sort manually**, then **change sort order**
5. Then drag and drop the item to change the order

### Field Permissions

Field level permissions allow you to control which **roles**, that are assigned to users, can view and edit specific **custom fields** in infoodle. See more on [Field level permissions](/v1/docs/field-level-permissions-1)