# Custom fields

Custom fields let you store specialized information about your members. That means you can use them to segment your members to increase your conversion.

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A custom field has 2 parts:

* **Name** The name of the custom field.
* **Type:** The kind of information your custom field will store. You can select between **numeric** or **text**

## Creating and managing custom fields

1. From the **Members** page, click on the **Actions** button
2. Click on **Add custom fields**

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3\. Click on **Add new custom field**\
4\. Enter the field name and select its type\
5\. When you finished, click on **Save.**

## Custom fields limitations

To make sure you don't lose data when using custom fields, these limitations are applied to them :

* You cannot edit a custom field once it is added.
* You cannot delete a custom field once it is added