# Totally customizable entry types

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/totally-customizable-entry-types/653>\
**Category:** Features\
**Tags:** entry-editor\
**Created:** [June 1, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/totally-customizable-entry-types/653 "2017-06-01T22:56:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![wburkett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dec6dc/32.png) [@wburkett](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/wburkett)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/totally-customizable-entry-types/653/1 "2017-06-01T22:56:15Z")

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While I recognize and acknowledge that:

```
(1) Different classes of users need different sets of entry types.
(2) Users can modify existing entry types and add new entry types in JabRef.

```

I personally find the default set of entry types to be a patchwork that - while reasonable - does not really meet my needs. What I would like to be able to do is:

```
(a) Rename or remove existing default entry types. (adding new entry types is already covered)
(b) Rename, remove, or add fields to the existing set of fields _independently_ of entry types. (It appears that I can only add new fields for a particular entry type.)

```

Is this hard to do? I’m not a developer, otherwise I’d volunteer to get in and do something.

Thanks - Bill

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Please vote if you support this proposal:

_Poll ([view on site](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/totally-customizable-entry-types/653/1))_