# Manage equipment subtypes

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**Who can do this:** <span class="ng-badge ng-badge--superuser">Superuser</span> <span class="ng-badge ng-badge--admin">Admin</span> &nbsp;·&nbsp; **Where:** Dashboard → Administration → **Manage Subtypes**
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Subtypes refine equipment types — e.g. distinguishing kinds of panelboards — and drive which attributes and field orders apply. This page adds, edits, hides, and deletes them.

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## Filter the list

Narrow **Existing Subtypes** by **Type** and free-text **Search**. A Superuser additionally gets a **Tenant** selector — including *System (Globals)* for the shared subtypes every tenant inherits.

## Add a subtype

1. Pick the parent **Type** (required).
2. Enter the **Subtype Name** (required) and optionally a **Code**.
3. Leave **Active** checked unless you're staging it for later.
4. Submit — the table updates in place.

## Edit, hide, and delete

Each row offers inline actions:

- **Edit** the name/code/active flag directly in the row, then save.
- **Hide / Unhide** — for global (system) subtypes your tenant doesn't use, hiding removes them from your dropdowns without affecting other tenants. Unhide brings them back.
- **Delete** — permanent. The confirmation spells out the side effect: *"Delete this subtype? This also removes any hide records tenants have set for it."*

!!! tip "Hide, don't delete, for globals"
    If a system-wide subtype just doesn't apply to your work, hiding is the right tool — deletion of shared subtypes affects everyone who inherits them.

## Related articles

- [Assign attributes](assign-attributes.md) — attach attributes at the type or subtype level
- [Equipment Settings](equipment-settings.md) — review types and their subtypes