# Remove, delete, add, or create

> Four words that are easy to mix up. Using them consistently tells people what will happen.

Source: https://contributors.home-assistant.io/design/ui-text/remove-delete/

These words look interchangeable, but they tell people something different. Used consistently, they answer an important question before it is asked: can I undo this?

## Remove or delete

- **Remove** takes something away, but it still exists, or can be added back. Removing a user from a group, removing a card from a dashboard, removing a label from a device.
- **Delete** destroys something for good. It cannot be undone. Deleting an automation, deleting a backup, deleting a user.

If in doubt, ask: does the thing still exist afterwards? Then it is remove.

## Add or create

- **Add** puts something that already exists somewhere. Adding a device to an area, adding a user to a group, adding a card to a dashboard.
- **Create** makes something new from scratch. Creating an automation, creating a dashboard, creating a backup.

## Pairs

The words come in pairs. Something you add, you remove. Something you create, you delete.