# Action Catalogs

> Action Catalogs are Action containers, where you can categorize your Actions based on various criteria. The catalog inside which an Action resides is set at action creation, using the Action creation activities in Studio.

Action Catalogs are Action containers, where you can categorize your Actions based on various criteria. The catalog inside which an Action resides is set at action creation, using the Action creation activities in Studio.

:::note
The **Task Catalog** or **ActionCatalog** property field inside the activities of the Persistence.Activities and Intelligent.OCR.Activities packages, can be populated with existing Action Catalogs only.
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:::important
Action Catalogs cannot be deleted.
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## Accessing Action Catalogs

The **Admin Settings** page displays all the folders in your tenant and allows you to create or update an Action Catalog in every folder that you have access to.

1. To access the **Admin Settings** page, go to the page header and select the **Admin Settings** tab.
2. From the left side of the **Admin Settings** page, select the Orchestrator folder from where you want to access action catalogs.

![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/action-center/action-center-docs-image-307672-d8de2c05-a29bf8e2.webp)

## Creating Action Catalogs

To create a new Action Catalog:

1. Select the desired folder.
2. Select ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/action-center/action-center-docs-image-add_new_catalog_plus_icon-cf7d1749-f4c3271b.png) **Add New Catalog**. The **Create Catalog** wizard opens.
3. Enter a **Name** (mandatory) and a **Description** (optional) for your Action Catalog.
4. Select **Create**.

**Result**: The new catalog is displayed in the **Action Catalog** list of the selected Orchestrator folder.

## Adding labels to Action Catalogs

You can add labels when you create or edit an Action Catalog.

1. Go to the folder where you want to create the Action Catalog.
2. Select **Add New Catalog**. The **Create Catalog** wizard opens.
3. Add the desired labels inside the **Labels** field, the same way you would do for Actions.
4. Select **Create**.

## Encrypting Action Catalogs

1. When you create a new Action Catalog, select the **Store in encrypted format** checkbox. Select the **Store in encrypted format** checkbox if you want to have the linked actions encrypted inside the database.

**Result**: This encrypts the Actions (also known as Task Data) that are associated to the current Action Catalog. Actions that are not linked to any Action Catalog do not get encrypted.

:::warning
* The encrypting operation
cannot be undone.
* Only the **Data** values
of an Action are encrypted.
* Action data that is part of
existing Action Catalogs cannot be encrypted. As an alternative, you can recreate the Action Catalog, select the **Store in encrypted format** checkbox, and regenerate the Actions.
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## Updating Action Catalogs

To update an existing Action Catalog:

1. Navigate to the hosting folder of the Action Catalog.
2. Select the Action Catalog you want to edit and select the **Edit** ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/action-center/action-center-docs-image-edit_Action_catalog_icon-7c4ef592-65b4910c.png) icon.
3. Change the **Name**, **Description**, or **Labels** for this specific Action Catalog.
4. Select **Save** to record your changes.

![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/action-center/action-center-docs-image-138870-2ede9ea0-1c9a7e51.webp)

## Creating actions inside a specific Action Catalog

To create Actions inside a specific Action Catalog:

1. Create an Action Catalog inside the desired Orchestrator folder.
2. Add either a **Create Form Task**,**Create External Task**,**Create Document Validation Action**, or a **Create Document Classification Action** into your workflow.
3. Inside the activity where you create Actions, input the name of the Action Catalog previously created inside the **TaskCatalog**, or **ActionCatalog** property field.

**Result**: The Actions created are stored inside the already existent Action catalog that you input.

:::note
The **TaskCatalog** and **ActionCatalog** property fields, inside the activities of the Persistence.Activities and Intelligent.OCR.Activities packages, can be populated only with Action Catalogs that already exist.
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## Deleting Action Catalogs

You can delete Action Catalogs only if there aren't any Actions linked to it. To remove Actions from an Action Catalog that you want to delete, edit the properties of the linked Actions and re-link them to a different Action Catalog.
:::warning
You cannot undo this action.
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1. Move all the Actions linked to the Action Catalog that you want to delete to another Action Catalog, by editing the properties of the linked Actions.
2. Go to the **Admin Settings** page, and to the folder of the Action Catalog.
3. Hover over the Action Catalog you want to delete, and select **Delete** ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/action-center/action-center-docs-image-delete_action_catalogs_icon-d41e298f-268d8eff.png)

   The **Delete Action Catalog** dialog appears.
4. Select **Delete** to permanently delete the Action Catalog.