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# Tracking work with custom statuses
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You can add custom statuses on your board. Each custom status must belong to one of the following categories: **Draft**, **Not started**, **Started**, or **Completed**. Status categories are used to help organize statuses and populate default views. For more information about statuses and status categories, see [Status and status categories](issues-concepts.md#issues-concepts-status-definition) and for more information about views, see [Finding and viewing issues](issues-view.md).

# To create a status
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1. In the navigation pane, choose **Issues**.

1. Choose **Active issues** to open the **issues view switcher** dropdown menu and choose **Settings**.

1. In **Statuses**, choose the plus icon next to the category you want the status to be in.

1. Name the status, then choose check mark icon.
**Note**  
Choose the X icon to cancel adding a status.

   The custom status is now visible on your board and shows as an option when creating an issue.

# To edit a status
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1. In the navigation pane, choose **Issues**.

1. Choose **Active issues** to open the **issues view switcher** dropdown menu and choose **Settings**.

1. In **Statuses**, choose the edit icon next to the status you want to edit or change.

1. Edit the status, then choose the check mark icon.

   The edited status is now visible on your board.

# To move a status
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1. In the navigation pane, choose **Issues**.

1. Choose the ellipsis icon and choose **Settings**.

1. In **Statuses**, choose a status you want to move.

1. Drag and drop the status where you want it to be. 
**Note**  
You can only move a status within its designated category.

   The statuses are now reordered on your board.

# To deactivate a status
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1. In the navigation pane, choose **Issues**.

1. Choose **Active issues** to open the **issues view switcher** dropdown menu and choose **Settings**.

1. In **Statuses**, choose a status you want to deactivate.

1. On the status you want to deactivate, choose the toggle on the status. The status is now grayed out.
**Note**  
The deactivated status appears on the board until all issues are moved out of it. Issues cannot be added to a deactivated status.

1. To reactivate a deactivated status, choose the toggle on the status. The status is no longer grayed out.
**Note**  
There must be at least one active status in each category. If there is only one status in the category, you cannot deactivate it.