# Change lifecyle stage?

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/change-lifecyle-stage/1400>\
**Category:** Productivity Tools\
**Created:** [March 29, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/change-lifecyle-stage/1400 "2017-03-29T16:50:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/system/32/124_2.png) [@system](https://community.hubspot.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/change-lifecyle-stage/1400/1 "2017-03-29T16:50:33Z")

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Hi,

I was wondering if there is a way to change the lifecycle stage of a lead. I am trying to label them as something that makes more sense in real estate terms. Example: A list, B, C, Mets, Not Mets, Listings, Pendings etc.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![cbsembler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/cbsembler/32/84518_2.png) [@cbsembler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/cbsembler)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/change-lifecyle-stage/1400/2 "2017-03-30T15:21:29Z")

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Hello [@justiincrouch1](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5869),

If you are looking to change the name of the Lifecycle stage property itself, this is currently not possible. You can check out the current idea for custom lifecycle stage properties [here](http://ideas.hubspot.com/forums/76407-general-hubspot-ideas/suggestions/10113372-create-custom-lifecycle-stages), which is located on our [ideas.hubspot.com](http://ideas.hubspot.com).

To customize them currently you can create an additional Custom Contact Property labeled Lifecycle Stage and use that property instead of the default stages.

Best,

Courtney Sembler

Inbound Professor