# Labels

Repository labels live under **Settings → Labels** (`/{owner}/{repo}/settings/labels`).
The issue and pull request sidebars link there from the label picker ("Manage labels").

What you can do:

- **List** every label with its colour chip and description.
- **Create** a label: name (1–50 characters), optional description, and a colour.
  Pick one of the preset swatches or type a `#rrggbb` value. The chip above the
  form previews the result.
- **Edit** a label's name, colour or description.
- **Delete** a label after confirming. The label is removed from every issue and
  pull request that carried it.

Limits:

- If someone else changed the label first, your edit or deletion is rejected
  with a "changed, reload and retry"
  message; the list refreshes and you can reapply your change.
- Creating, editing and deleting labels requires permission to manage the
  repository's labels. Other repository readers can browse the list.