# How to reorder columns (custom fields) in List View and have them stay?

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**Created:** [7 July 2023 20:55 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-to-reorder-columns-custom-fields-in-list-view-and-have-them-stay/474463 "2023-07-07T20:55:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [8 July 2023 05:42 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-to-reorder-columns-custom-fields-in-list-view-and-have-them-stay/474463/2 "2023-07-08T05:42:17Z")

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Hi @Debbie_Secrist , welcome to the forum 👋

Due to a recent update, you will now need to save the layout so that columns in List view stay in the position you set them to, whenever you shift them left/right.

Refer to this post here for more details:

> [@What happened to the Save Layout as Default for Project views?](https://forum.asana.com/t/what-happened-to-the-save-layout-as-default-for-project-views/466068/2):
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> Hi @Arianna_Vargas , good question! smiley There seems to be an A/B test going on, as I noticed this in one of my instances yesterday. Depending which view you are in, next to it’s name you will see an overflow menu ... where you can set it as default. Also, once you make any changes using the Filter, Sort or Hide buttons, then a save icon with a blue dot will appear in the top right corner (where ‘save layout as default’ used to be) prompting to save the changes for everyone, or …

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