# Need to create Custom Filter **URL:** \ **Category:** CRM\ **Tags:** free\ **Created:** [March 11, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/need-to-create-custom-filter/102202 "2024-03-11T12:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AvinashBhaskar7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@AvinashBhaskar7](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AvinashBhaskar7)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/need-to-create-custom-filter/102202/1 "2024-03-11T12:35:22Z")
Hello Everyone. I am using a free account for my team and I. Using the account for our Business Development Efforts. I’d like to know if I can create a custom filter as shown in the pitcure - Contact Owner, Create Date, Last Activity Date, Lead Status. I’d like to add another custom filter for Lead Stages. I tried doing it from Advanced Filters, however, I can only view the selected ones. I am unable to create a new filter with the lead stages options. Could someone help me do it? Greatly appreciate your help! ![AvinashBhaskar7_0-1710160120207.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/7/f709d6739cf8c4b41290e14f70729005ffde39d2.png) ---
**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/need-to-create-custom-filter/102202/2 "2024-03-11T12:38:15Z")
Hi @AvinashBhaskar7, The “All contacts” tab cannot be overwritten, but if you click this here, you should be able to customize columns, filters etc to your needs and then save it: ![](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/d/4d7214529f51dcbc0cc356902df74d2c992ea665.png) Best regards ---
**Author:** ![AvinashBhaskar7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@AvinashBhaskar7](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AvinashBhaskar7)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/need-to-create-custom-filter/102202/3 "2024-03-11T12:56:51Z")
Thank you, @karstenkoehler, I prefer a specific filter with drop down lists of all stages. Is it possible in the when a new view is added? ---
**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/need-to-create-custom-filter/102202/4 "2024-03-11T12:57:55Z")
@AvinashBhaskar7 I’m not sure what exactly you’re referring to, but generally, yes, under “Advanced filters” you can select options from dropdown properties. ---
**Author:** ![AvinashBhaskar7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@AvinashBhaskar7](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AvinashBhaskar7)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/need-to-create-custom-filter/102202/5 "2024-03-11T13:07:31Z")
@karstenkoehler, thanks for the clarification. Let me explain: I want specifically to create the “Lead Stage” where I can pick and choose what I want and the list automatically generates the same. The reference is in the picture. I’d like to know if I can create the “Lead Stages” after Lead Status If so, kindly walk me through how I can do it ![AvinashBhaskar7_0-1710162412520.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/1/1c00b5ea02071cc8b08d95cde93b7479a27d1f1a.png) ---
**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/need-to-create-custom-filter/102202/6 "2024-03-11T13:09:00Z")
@AvinashBhaskar7 these dropdowns cannot be edited. You’ll have to created saved filters and work with the filtered views. ---
**Author:** ![RSchweighart](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/rschweighart/32/28924_2.png) [@RSchweighart](https://community.hubspot.com/u/RSchweighart)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/need-to-create-custom-filter/102202/7 "2024-03-11T20:33:02Z")
Hi @AvinashBhaskar7, HubSpot provides a Lifecycle Stage property that feeds a number of other properties. This can be customized here: ![Lifecycle Stage Settings 2024-03-11 at 1.20.14 PM.jpg](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/3/1350531ad71f48728b75c6b2020481ca60713e6a.jpeg) It sounds like you might want to create a custom property. On the free version, you get 10 custom properties. Here’s how to create a custom contact property. It seems like you’ll want to do the dropdown select option for property type. ![RSchweighart_0-1710188637598.jpg](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/8/f8d670ac5be5d878ede40782bc045615ead803fe.jpeg) Then, here’s how to create your contacts view. Instead of filtering on ‘Lead Status’, you’ll want to filter on your custom property. Don’t forget to save. ![GIF Recording 2024-03-11 at 1.27.05 PM.gif](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/1/1e7b28af50560cea8864cd88592b8c9aa7bcf8e4.gif) Some HubSpot help articles: [Use lifecycle stages](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/records/use-lifecycle-stages) [View and filter records on an object home page](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/records/filter-records-and-save-views) [Create and edit properties](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/properties/create-and-edit-properties) Best, _ **Ryan Schweighart** _ Whole Hart Impact, LLC [whimpact.co](https://www.whimpact.co) _I help businesses with HubSpot and Zapier._ ---
**Author:** ![jnix284](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jnix284/32/29_2.png) [@jnix284](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jnix284)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/need-to-create-custom-filter/102202/8 "2024-03-12T02:08:57Z")
@AvinashBhaskar7 to clarify, “Lead Stages” from the new Prospecting Tool can’t be accessed via the filters for contact views, you’ll need to manage those leads from the Prospecting tool directly for the time being (I imagine more capabilities will be added moving forward since this is new). In Prospecting, you can create filtered views for leads based on stages with this filter: ![Jnix284_0-1710209271344.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/9/c97895ec24589eb9c161fd3fec1a7f22874302f0.png) ![Jnix284_1-1710209297453.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/b/b064719bed70e161af14b716f624a2a37b5de2c2.png) ---
**Author:** ![Lucila-Andimol](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/lucila-andimol/32/69276_2.png) [@Lucila-Andimol](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Lucila-Andimol)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/need-to-create-custom-filter/102202/9 "2024-03-11T14:34:25Z")
Hey @AvinashBhaskar7 so the screen that you are showing cannot be modified as Contact Owner, Create Date, Last Activity Date, Lead Status are the standard HubSpot filters. You can use the Advanced filters with the data that you want and saved it as a Custom View. Hope this helps ---
**Author:** ![Fredd](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/fredd/32/99678_2.png) [@Fredd](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Fredd)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/need-to-create-custom-filter/102202/10 "2024-06-18T22:20:10Z")
I was looking for the same. For example, we work by Industry. So it’s a nuissance to not have a drop down. The “Advanced” filters just removes records but do not provide a drop down capability. What we want is Filter selectors, but it is not possible to do them right now. You can only hard code new “Views”, not configure filters.