# Categorize Assets (Custom Labels)

You can use Custom Labels to categorize your assets. 

Custom Labels are used for our [Custom Allowlist](/content-id/manage-claims/exempt-channels-from-claims-custom-allowlist.md), to filter your assets, and are displayed in our royalty reports.

### Common Use Cases

You can use Custom Labels for any purpose that requires categorizing your assets. See our guide on [naming conventions](/content-id/manage-assets/categorize-assets-custom-labels/recommended-custom-label-naming-conventions.md) for more details.

### Auto-Generated Custom Labels

You can see all Custom Labels when clicking on any asset's detail view under "Metadata". Every asset has auto-generated labels that start with an underscore ("\_"): 

* All of your assets contain a "*\_licensor\_\[your ID]*" label. 
* Sound recording assets have one "*\_artist\_\[artist name]*" label for each artist and one "*\_track\_\[artist name\&artist name&...]\_\[track title]*" label per asset. 
* If the asset was created from a [channel linked to out MCN](/content-id/extras/link-your-youtube-channel-to-our-mcn.md), it will have a "*\_channel\_\[channel id]*" label.

### Add / Remove Custom Labels

To edit your Custom Asset Labels, click the "Edit" button in the top right of the Asset detail page (only visible on a large screen, not a phone). Add as many labels as you want (press "Enter" to add a new label), and click "Save" on the top right to save the labels.


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