# Re-ordering custom types with Type Cleanup?

**URL:** <https://gramps.discourse.group/t/re-ordering-custom-types-with-type-cleanup/5262>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [April 13, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/re-ordering-custom-types-with-type-cleanup/5262 "2024-04-13T18:52:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/re-ordering-custom-types-with-type-cleanup/5262/1 "2024-04-13T18:52:04Z")

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@prculley

Would it be a big task to add the custom type re-ordering to the Type Cleanup tool? When the list of Custom Types grows long, it can become slow to locate a specific type.

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- Plugin name: [Type Cleanup](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:Types_Cleanup_Tool) [Tool] Id: typecleanup Version: 1.0.10
- Description: Clean up (remove) custom types
- Filename: type\_cleanup.py Location: [https://github.com/gramps-project/addons-source/tree/maintenance/gramps52/TypeCleanup](https://github.com/gramps-project/addons-source/tree/maintenance/gramps52/TypeCleanup)
- Authors: Paul Culley
- Audience: Everyone
- Status: Stable