# Managing Locations
> Source: https://development.fuze-store.com/docs/store/inventory/locations

# Managing Locations

A location is a place where stock is counted separately. Every store starts with one called **Main**. A second location matters once stock is moved there by a transfer or received there from a purchase order.

## Before you start

- The Advanced Inventory add-on.
- The **Inventory · Modify** permission.

## Steps

Open **Advanced Inventory**, then **Locations**, and tap **New Location**. The button shows only to people who may change inventory.

Enter a **Name**, pick a **type** (store front, backroom or warehouse), and optionally a short code, an address and **Default**.

Tap **Save**. Without a code, one is made from the name.

Tap a location to rename it, switch **Enable** off, or make it the default. Tap **Delete** and confirm, or use the row menu.

## What happens next

- Other devices see the change at once with live sync.

## Edge cases

- **The type is a label only.** Every type holds stock the same way.
- **One default.** Marking one default takes it off the others. The register sells from it. A switched-off location stops being the sale location and the first active one takes over. Only an active location can be default.
- **Deleting is refused** while it is your only active location, holds stock, or has an unfinished purchase order or transfer. A location with past sales or stock history (movements or a count) cannot be deleted for good and can only be switched off.
- **Staff can be limited to locations,** but the app has no screen to assign them today. See [Approvals and Permissions](/docs/store/inventory/approvals-and-permissions).
- **The Enable switch on the new-location form** can be ignored. Check it after saving.
- **Permissions.** Deleting needs **Inventory · Delete**.

## Works with

| Add-on or plan | What changes on this page |
| --- | --- |
| Advanced Inventory add-on | Required for locations, purchase orders, suppliers, transfers and audited adjustments. It is the one add-on not unlocked during a free trial: activate it with a saved payment method on file. |

## Related guides

- [Stock and Advanced Inventory Overview](/docs/store/inventory/overview)
- [Stock Transfers](/docs/store/inventory/stock-transfers)
- [Purchase Orders](/docs/store/inventory/purchase-orders)