# Configuring the available file and project statuses

As you redact and review the project files, you set the status of each file and project. Projects and files use the same set of status values.

Each status is associated with a color.

## Built-in statuses

Textual comes with a set of built-in statuses. The built-in statuses are:

* **Not started -** This is the default status. It is applied automatically to all new projects and files. You cannot delete this status.
* **In progress**
* **Ready for review**
* **Review in progress**
* **Done -** This is intended to be the final status for a project or file. You cannot delete this status.

You can change the name and assigned color of all of the built-in statuses. You can delete the built-in statuses that you do not need, except for the **Not started** status and the **Done** status.

You can also add custom statuses, to accommodate your particular redaction and review process.

## Displaying the status list

On the **Guided Redaction** page, to display the status list, click **Status settings**.

The status list shows the status name and the associated color.

<figure><img src="/files/kNXuKzPJx8pWwqP9sZK4" alt=""><figcaption><p>Status settings list for guided redaction</p></figcaption></figure>

## Adding a status

{% hint style="info" %}
**Required global permission:** Create guided redaction status values
{% endhint %}

From the **Status Settings** panel, to add a status:

1. Click **Add a status**.
2. On the status configuration panel, in the field, provide a name for the status.\
   \
   Status names must be unique.
3. Click the color to assign to the status.
4. Click **Save**.

## Editing a status

{% hint style="info" %}
**Required global permission:** Edit guided redaction status values
{% endhint %}

From the **Status Settings** panel, to change the status configuration:

1. Click the status name.
2. On the status configuration panel, you can change the status name and color.\
   \
   Remember that the status name must be unique.

<figure><img src="/files/SHr1rZBGyZjB6up9W1R4" alt=""><figcaption><p>Configuration panel for a guided redaction status value</p></figcaption></figure>

3. To save the changes, click **Save**.

## Deleting a status

{% hint style="info" %}
**Required global permission:** Edit guided redaction status values
{% endhint %}

You cannot delete:

* The built-in **Not started** status.
* The built-in **Done** status.
* A status that is currently assigned to a project or file.

From the **Status Settings** panel, to delete a status:

1. Click the status name.
2. On the status configuration panel, click the delete icon.

<figure><img src="/files/SHr1rZBGyZjB6up9W1R4" alt=""><figcaption><p>Configuration panel for a guided redaction status panel, with the delete icon</p></figcaption></figure>


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