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title: Configure Visual Task Boards labels
description: Labels help categorize tasks and visually distinguish them on the task board. You can disable or rename labels using the labels tab of the activity stream.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/t\_ConfigureLabels.html
release: australia
product: Visual Task Boards
classification: visual-task-boards
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [Customizing and configuring Visual Task Boards, Using Visual Task Boards, Visual Task Boards, Configure UIs and portals, Configure user experiences]
---

# Configure Visual Task Boards labels

Labels help categorize tasks and visually distinguish them on the task board. You can disable or rename labels using the labels tab of the activity stream.

## Before you begin

Role required: tags\_admin and global\_tags\_creator

## About this task

Every board has seven labels by default.

\[Omitted image "defaultlabelcolors.png"\] Alt text: Default Labels

Board members can edit the labels on a board. All the labels are visible on the **Quick Panel** under **Labels**

## Procedure

1.  From the task board tools, click the **Labels** tab.

    \[Omitted image "LabelsTab.png"\] Alt text: Labels tab

2.  Turn on the **Show Labels** button if it is turned off.

    You can see seven default labels.

    -   Users with global\_tags\_creator role can add labels to the board and rename the label.
    -   To add labels, click **Add Labels** \[Omitted image "Addlabel.png"\] Alt text: Add Label icon. Newly added label remains in off state by default. You can assign any color or no color to the label. To rename the label, click the label text and enter new value.
    -   To rename labels, click on the label and change the name of the label.\[Omitted image "rename-label.png"\] Alt text: Rename Label
    -   To change the color of the label, click the Select color icon \[Omitted image "Selectcolor.png"\] Alt text: Select Color icon beside the label. Select the color of your choice from the color picker, and then click **Save**.

        \[Omitted image "colorpicker.png"\] Alt text: Color Picker.

    -   To disable or enable a specific label, toggle the button next to the label. To turn on or turn off a specific label, toggle the button next to the label. Only turned on labels show up in the quick filter and can be applied to a card
    -   The board owner can delete the label by clicking **Delete Label** icon. \[Omitted image "Deletelabel.png"\] Alt text: Delete Label icon next to the label.
    -   To filter the cards by labels, type the Label name in the Search bar \[Omitted image "Searchbarlabels.png"\] Alt text: Search Baror click **Add to Filter** \[Omitted image "Addtofilter.png"\] Alt text: Add to Filter iconicon against the label. Once you filter by the label, you can only see cards with that label.
    **Labels on Card Details Page**

    When user clicks the card, the card opens with the details of the card. It contains all the applied labels under **Details** tab.

    \[Omitted image "Carddetailstab.png"\] Alt text: Labels on the card

    Under the **Labels** tab, the toggle button for applied labels is On and Off for the labels that are not applied.\[Omitted image "DetailsLabel.png"\] Alt text: Label details

    **Note:** The **table** label can also be used for Tags.


**Parent Topic:**[Customizing and configuring Visual Task Boards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/configuring-vis-task-boards.md)