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Add/Remove Labels, Sort Labels, More Label Colors

To summarize these requests, we’d like the following:

1) The ability to add and remove labels.
2) When the “Group by Labels” option is selected, the ability to change the order of the columns (e.g., “Move right” and “Move left” similar to the “Group by Bucket” column)
3) In the Task view, the ability to change the order of the label tabs.
4) The ability to change the color of the labels and add more colors.

Here's a list of many feedback entries requesting these ideas:

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/31403095-add-more-label-colors

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/17918341-make-the-label-colors-changeable-also-allow-for-m

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/31626616-recolour-and-reorder-labels

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/17967055-more-labels

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/19589152-allow-for-unlimited-labels-in-tasks

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/31623910-change-plan-and-labels-colour

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/36353911-add-more-labels

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/35068120-new-labels

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/20144404-more-labels-more-colors

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/35542840-give-permission-with-more-labels-and-color

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/32954773-can-we-please-please-have-more-labels-available

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/35248801-is-it-possible-to-have-more-than-6-labels-or-user

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/34999261-label

https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/34999273-label

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  • Matt C commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Is there any point to voting and posting comments on here?
    Genuinely interested, as they seem to be completely ignored.

  • Joseph Dunphy commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    +1 please allow us the ability to change labels how we see fit; I want to change the colors of the labels to match colors we have associated internally with stakeholder groups/products, reorder them if I need to (so the most used labels we can move towards the top as it changes), create new labels and archive old ones so I don't lose historical value for project boards we would leverage for long periods of time.

  • JC commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    +1 ran into issues with it today.

    I'm both glad and discouraged that there are so many others like me.

  • OR commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Make it like Trello, can display colours and names , add labels , lots of colours. Please colour tasks with label colour to make it visual.

  • Axel Kuester commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Labels from tasks inside a bucket shall be propagated to the Bucket itself.

    This feature is critical for Planner Hub on Android! Without Planner Hub is only of very limited usability

  • Axel Kuester commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I would like to have 3 groups of labels, clearly distinguished by type and colour for timeline, criticality and a free defineable category.
    A must of a reasonable Planner

  • Per Wallin commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    To the Planner Team: I suggest you sum the total number of votes in the different ideas posted. My guess is that the idea of "handling" labels is one of the most wanted...
    Thanks Mike for the compilation above :)

  • Michael commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Lets not make this too complicated and end up waiting until 2020. Just having more labels would be a huge productivity boost. Personally, currently using the labels to filter by plant area / external resource / business priority / Risk factor

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Just make it like the Best in Class in this matter : Trello
    You set labels yourself, it is unlimited, you can display just labels or labels & names...

    6, not agile, is a joke !

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    yes clearly this would be great. as labels are visual mostly on the task, it can really differ from one person to another the way we interpret and use colors

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