# Choose the columns a list shows, and their order > In SkedX CRM, the Columns button on a list opens the Columns picker. It opens on All sections, every section of the record as a group; a section in the left rail narrows the fields to it, and the search box finds a field in any section. Tick a field to show it. The right pane, Shown · in this order, lists the columns in the order the list shows them: drag a row to move it (a blue bar marks where it lands) and ✕ removes it. The name moves like any column but has no ✕ (always shown). Hide N empty hides the shown columns that have nothing in them on this page, and only appears when there are some. Apply writes the columns and their order in one go. Your columns, their order and your pinned columns are kept on your account, for each list and each workspace, so they are the same on any computer and after you sign out. A saved view has its own columns: opening one never changes yours, and going back to All brings yours back; Update view keeps a change in the view. Reset to default goes back to the list’s own columns. Product: SkedX CRM · Topic: Profiles · Draft — steps not yet re-verified in the live product A list is as useful as the columns it shows. Pick them from every section at once, put them in the order you read them, and drop the empty ones — once, and they stay that way for you. ## Step 1: Open the picker Click **Columns** on the list’s toolbar. The picker opens on **All sections** — every section of the record as a group, in the record’s own order. Click a section to see only its fields; type in the search box to find any field. Open it directly: https://crm.skode.ai/leads ## Step 2: Put them in order Tick a field to show it. The right pane, **Shown · in this order**, is the list’s columns as they will read: drag a row up or down — a blue bar marks where it lands. **✕** takes a column off. The name moves the same way, but it has no ✕: it is always shown. ## Step 3: Hide the empty ones **Hide N empty** hides the columns you show that have nothing in them on this page — the number is what the click hides. When none are empty, the button is not there. ## Step 4: Apply **Apply** writes the columns and their order in one go; **Cancel** leaves the list as it was. On a saved view, **Update view** keeps them with the view. ## Step 5: They stay yours Your columns, their order and your pinned columns are kept on your account — for each list, in each workspace. Open the list on another computer, on your phone’s browser, or after you sign out and back in, and it reads the way you left it. A saved view has its own columns: opening one never changes yours, and going back to **All** brings yours back. ## Step 6: Or use the side panel On **Enquiries**, open **Filter** in the side panel. Under **Columns**, the eye shows or hides a column and the grip moves it, in the same order as the table. ## Common questions ### Why can’t I squeeze a column narrower? Every column keeps the width it needs to be read — a name, a person, a date. When the columns no longer fit, the list scrolls sideways instead, and “+N more columns” above the header says so. Double-click a column’s divider to fit it to what it holds again. ### Can I move the name column? Yes, on every list — drag it like any other column. It cannot be taken off, so every row still says who it is. On Tasks your own fields can sit between the built-in columns too. ### A field I want is not in the picker. The picker shows the fields your workspace’s layout shows for this list. An admin adds or shows a field in Edit layout, and it appears here. ### Does Contacts have the same picker? Yes — Contacts, Deals and the profiles drawn from them open the same picker, with the order beside the ticks. Pinning a column is on Enquiries for now. ### Do my columns follow me to another computer? Yes: which columns show, their order and (on Enquiries) your pinned columns are kept on your account, for each list and each workspace — Enquiries, every profile, Contacts, Deals, Tasks, Companies, Products, Campaigns and Recurring invoices. ### I opened a saved view and my columns changed. A view shows its own columns. If you change them while it is open, the bar says Columns changed: Update view saves that in the view, Reset discards it. If you do neither, the view stays as saved and your own list keeps the change. ### Does another person see my order? No. Your columns are yours; each person in the workspace keeps their own. 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Terms: https://skode.ai/terms/ ## Related guides - Read a Contacts list: who they are, where they stand and what comes next: https://skode.ai/help/crm/profiles/read-a-contacts-list/ - Search, filter, and save views: https://skode.ai/help/crm/profiles/find-and-filter-profiles/ - Sort a list by any column: https://skode.ai/help/crm/profiles/sort-a-list-by-any-column/ - Pin a column to the left: https://skode.ai/help/crm/profiles/pin-a-column-to-the-left/ - Update a saved view — for everyone, or just for you: https://skode.ai/help/crm/profiles/update-a-saved-view/ - See each enquiry’s next step, and add a follow-up where there is none: https://skode.ai/help/crm/profiles/see-each-enquirys-next-step/ - Choose what each card shows on Enquiries: https://skode.ai/help/crm/profiles/choose-what-each-card-shows/ - Read the Deals page: the pipeline numbers, your views, the List and the Board: https://skode.ai/help/crm/profiles/read-the-deals-page/ - Group a list by stage, status, owner or any field: https://skode.ai/help/crm/profiles/group-a-list-by-stage-status-owner-or-any-field/ - Move a record through its stages: https://skode.ai/help/crm/profiles/move-a-record-through-its-stages/ Source: https://skode.ai/help/crm/profiles/choose-the-columns-a-list-shows/