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title: "Categorize your assets | Lansweeper Platform"
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description: "Categorize your Lansweeper inventory with custom groups, types, states, and IP locations to add context and organize assets across your environment."
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updated: 2026-08-03T12:21:50Z
published: 2026-08-03T12:21:50Z
canonical: "docs.lansweeper.com/custom-asset-management"
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# Categorize your assets

Lansweeper's categorization tools let you add context to your asset inventory with custom groups, types, states, and IP locations. For custom fields and derived fields, see [Custom fields](/docs/custom-fields). For defining relationships between assets and users, see [Create asset relations](/docs/link-assets-to-assets-or-users).

## Groups

Groups let you arrange assets together under a shared label.

### Create a group

1. Go to **Assets** > **Categorization** > **Groups**.
2. Select **Create group**.
3. Enter the name of the group.
4. Select or search for an icon to represent the group.
5. Select **Create**.

### Edit a group

1. Go to **Assets** > **Categorization** > **Groups**.
2. Select the group you want to edit.
3. Select **Edit**.
4. Update the name or icon.
5. Select **Save**.

### Delete a group

1. Go to **Assets** > **Categorization** > **Groups**.
2. Select the group you want to delete.
3. Select **Delete**.

## IP locations

IP locations let you group assets based on their IP address range.

### Create an IP location

1. Go to **Assets** > **Categorization** > **IP locations**.
2. Select **Create IP location**.
3. Enter the name of the IP location.
4. Enter the IP range.
5. Select **Create**.

Selecting a discovery system determines the scope of an IP location:

- **Global IP location**: an IP location without a discovery system; applies broadly across your environment.
- **Local IP location**: an IP location with a discovery system; scoped to a specific system.

              IP location overlap rules

              

IP ranges **cannot overlap** between IP locations of the same type. For example, two global IP locations can't share overlapping ranges, and neither can two local IP locations. A local IP location **can overlap** with a global IP location — when an asset falls within both, it's always assigned to the local IP location, since local IP locations are evaluated first.

### Edit an IP location

1. Go to **Assets** > **Categorization** > **IP locations**.
2. Select an IP location, then select **Show Actions**.
3. Select **Edit** to revise the IP location's:
  - Name
  - Installation
  - IP range input method
4. Select **Save**.

### Delete an IP location

1. Go to **Assets** > **Categorization** > **IP locations**.
2. Select an IP location, then select **Show Actions**.
3. Select **Delete**.

## States

States let you create a custom status for assets in your network.

### Create a state

1. Go to **Assets** > **Categorization** > **States**.
2. Select **Create state**.
3. Enter the name of the state.
4. Select **Create**.

### Edit a state

1. Go to **Assets** > **Categorization** > **States**.
2. Select a state, then select **Show Actions**.
3. Select **Edit**.
4. Update the name.
5. Select **Save**.

### Delete a state

1. Go to **Assets** > **Categorization** > **States**.
2. Select a state, then select **Show Actions**.
3. Select **Delete**.

## Types

Types let you create a custom asset type for machines in your network.

### Create a type

1. Go to **Assets** > **Categorization** > **Types**.
2. Select **Create type**.
3. Enter the name of the type.
4. Select or search for an icon to represent the type.
5. Select **Create**.

### Edit a type

1. Go to **Assets** > **Categorization** > **Types**.
2. Select a type, then select **Show Actions**.
3. Select **Edit** to revise the type's:
  - Name
  - Icon
4. Select **Save**.

### Delete a type

1. Go to **Assets** > **Categorization** > **Types**.
2. Select a type, then select **Show Actions**.
3. Select **Delete**.