---
title: Label a Visual Task Board card
description: Labels help categorize tasks and visually distinguish them on the task board.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/t\_LabelATaskCard.html
release: australia
product: Visual Task Boards
classification: visual-task-boards
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Working with Visual Task Board cards, Using Visual Task Boards, Visual Task Boards, Configure UIs and portals, Configure user experiences]
---

# Label a Visual Task Board card

Labels help categorize tasks and visually distinguish them on the task board.

## Before you begin

Role required: none

[Enable](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/t_ConfigureLabels.md) labels for the board.

## About this task

You can filter the visible tasks to show only those with certain labels. Labels appear on cards as colored dots.

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You can add one or more labels to a task card.

## Procedure

1.  Do one of the following actions.

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**Add a label to a card from the quick panel**

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1.  Drag a label from the quick panel directly to a task card.
2.  Drop the label in the drop zone.


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**Add a label to a card from the card details**

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1.  Open the card details for a task.
2.  Click the details tab \(\[Omitted image "DetailsTab.png"\] Alt text: Details tab\).
3.  Under **Labels**, select one or more labels. Point to a label to display its name.
4.  Close the card detail pop-up window.


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## What to do next

You can use configuration options to [rename or disable](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/t_ConfigureLabels.md) labels or to [hide](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/t_ConfigureTheTaskBoard.md) labels altogether.

**Parent Topic:**[Working with Visual Task Board cards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/r_TaskCards.md)