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title: Adjust Order of Categories in POS
description: "Learn how to easily adjust the order of the categories on the backend of acadia. 1. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](https://manage.acadiapos.com) for **Retail** or [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com) for **Restaurant** ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/07a64f07-01de-439e-abf5-d87f4be9a24d/screenshot_10b03fd64f354b3880bb13fc15a59a9b_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) 2. Click \"Items\" ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/97de5e7e-964e-419d-bccf-140681f9679a/screenshot_825823c91d584e3fbc99195de1422823_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) 3. Click \"View Categories\" ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/bbf08dd9-0d47-443b-8d50-824d974c4f2e/screenshot_35144d889cba4c72abb06b003cef9d71_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) 4. Locate the category you…"
url: "https://acadiapos.com/doc/adjust-order-of-categories-in-pos/"
updated: "2026-07-07"
category: Inventory / Categories
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# Adjust Order of Categories in POS

Learn how to easily adjust the order of the categories on the backend of acadia.

1. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](https://manage.acadiapos.com) for **Retail** or [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com) for **Restaurant**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/07a64f07-01de-439e-abf5-d87f4be9a24d/screenshot_10b03fd64f354b3880bb13fc15a59a9b_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

2. Click "Items"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/97de5e7e-964e-419d-bccf-140681f9679a/screenshot_825823c91d584e3fbc99195de1422823_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

3. Click "View Categories"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/bbf08dd9-0d47-443b-8d50-824d974c4f2e/screenshot_35144d889cba4c72abb06b003cef9d71_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

4. Locate the category you want to order and then click the Edit Tool icon.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/99bb7a0f-f034-4530-a5e4-faa50372e27d/user_cropped_screenshot_4593866bbf9942d3bfc34ed354845ac0_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

5. Everything will be orders from lowest number to highest.

Category 1 will appear on the upper left as the first category in sequence, category number 2 would be to the right of it, and so forth and so on.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/08649951-bc0a-4b4c-8ed8-083f2b4ddb37/user_cropped_screenshot_079ea56f37cc41bb880a74f5e7521b6f_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

6. Click "Save Changes"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/6f918863-f708-44fa-a196-9d464b83a5fb/user_cropped_screenshot_81c0ddb04c0e405fb4ecb66dced92a7a_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)