Add a field on one of your Webflow collections

You can compare your Webflow CMS collections to the back-office of your Webflow site. And its needs can evolve since its initial development.

Need to add a new field to your Webflow back-office?

Discover in this tutorial, how to add a new field (item) to your Webflow CMS from the designer mode.

The tutorial in a few steps

1. Open the CMS collection panel

2. Click on ⚙️ of the target collection

3. Click on the + Add new field button

4. Choose your field type

There are different types of CMS fields on Webflow.

To learn more about all the fields, read this article.

5. Complete the field and Save

Last step!

Fill in the field with the name you want to give it. You can add a text in the "help text" as a reminder note.

This "help text" field is very useful if you are building collections for a team. It allows everyone to understand the use of this field on the site.

Bonus : Delete an unused field

To delete an unused field;

1. Fly over the field in question
2. Click on the icon ⚙️ to the right of its name
3. Click on the icon 🗑 "Delete Field"