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# The meta fields manager

Manage your meta fields

The meta fields manager looks like this:

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### Group name

Click on the Edit button next to the group name to change it.

### Group settings

At the top of the page, you can find the group name.

Click on "**Open settings**" to edit the [group settings](/meta-fields/the-meta-fields-manager/group-settings.md).

### **Main actions**

On the main header, you find three buttons:

* **Add meta box**
* **Delete all**
* **Save**

To create the first meta box, click the "**Add meta box**" button.

### Managing meta boxes

The box header shows on the left the box name. Click on the "**Edit**" button to edit it.

On the right, there are four icons to handle the allowed actions:

* **Copy**
* **Duplicate**
* **Delete**
* **Collapse**

At the bottom of each meta box, there is an "**Add field**" button. Click it to add a meta field.

#### Managing meta fields

The field header shows on the left:

* **The field name**. Click on the "**Edit**" button to edit it.
* Four toggle buttons:
  * **Show in the admin list**
  * **Filtrable in the admin list**
  * **Quick edit in the admin list**
  * **Field required**

On the right, there are four icons to handle the allowed actions:

* **Copy**
* **Duplicate**
* **Delete**
* **Collapse**

Click on the "**Add field**" button inside a box.

The field panel is divided into five tabs:

* [**Basics**](/meta-fields/the-meta-fields-manager/basics-fields-settings.md)
* [**Advanced options**](/meta-fields/the-meta-fields-manager/advanced-options-fields-settings.md)
* [**Conditional rendering**](/meta-fields/the-meta-fields-manager/conditional-rendering-fields-settings.md)
* [**Validation rules**](/meta-fields/the-meta-fields-manager/validation-rules-fields-settings.md)
* [**Permissions**](/permissions-manager/meta-fields-permissions.md)

### Bulk actions on items

Every item (box, field, or block) can be selected by clicking on the checkbox right before the name; once at least one element is selected, a select box appears to confirm the operation.

### Sorting items

Every item can be sorted by pressing the sorting handle button ("the three dots button") present in every panel.