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# Guide to cPanel Interface Customization - Customize Feature Groups

## Introduction

You can customize the order and expand/collapse state of the cPanel interface's feature groups for accounts.

## Reorder the feature groups

To set the default order of feature groups for new users in the cPanel interface, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the server as the `root` user.
2. Create the `/root/cpanel3-skel/.cpanel/nvdata` [skeleton directory](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/account-functions/skeleton-directory/) if it does not exist.
3. In the `/root/cpanel3-skel/.cpanel/nvdata` directory, create the `xmaingroupsorder` file.
4. In the `xmaingroupsorder` file, enter a pipe-separated list of feature group names. For example:

```bash
|databases|email|domains|files|metrics|security|software|advanced|preferences|applications
```


After you make this change, all new cPanel accounts you create will use this group order.

## Collapse specific feature groups by default

To collapse a specific list of feature groups to collapse by default in the cPanel interface, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the server as the `root` user.
2. Create the `/root/cpanel3-skel/.cpanel/nvdata` [skeleton directory](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/account-functions/skeleton-directory/) if it does not exist.
3. In the `/root/cpanel3-skel/.cpanel/nvdata` directory, create the `xmainrollstatus` file.
4. In the `xmainrollstatus` file, enter a pipe-separated list of the group names and a Boolean false value (`0`) for each feature group. For example, to collapse **only** the *Databases*, *Domains*, *Email*, and *Metrics* feature groups by default, use the following format:

```bash
|databases=0|domains=0|email=0|metrics=0
```


The list of feature groups **must** begin with a pipe character.

After you make this change, all new cPanel accounts you create will collapse the specified feature groups by default.

## Apply your changes to existing users

You **must** run the following commands as the `root` user, or use the `sudo su -` command to promote the user to `root` to run the command.

To apply your customizations to existing users, use the [`Personalization::set`](/specifications/cpanel.openapi/personalization/personalization-set) function.

#### Reorder the feature groups

To reorder the feature groups, run the following command, where `username` is the account's name:


```bash
echo '{"personalization": {"xmaingroupsorder":"databases|email|domains|files|metrics|security|software|advanced|preferences|applications"}}' | uapi --user=username --input=json --output=jsonpretty Personalization set
```

The API response will resemble the following:


```bash
{
    "apiversion": 3,
    "module": "Personalization",
    "func": "set",
    "result": {
        "warnings": null,
        "errors": null,
        "data": {
            "personalization": {
                "xmaingroupsorder": {
                    "value": "databases|email|domains|files|metrics|security|software|advanced|preferences|applications",
                    "success": 1,
                    "reason": "OK"
                }
            }
        },
        "metadata": {},
        "status": 1,
        "messages": null
    }
}
```

#### Collapse specific feature groups by default

To collapse specific feature groups, run the following command, where `username` is account's name:


```bash
echo '{"personalization": {"xmainrollstatus":"|databases=0|domains=0|email=0|metrics=0"}}' | uapi --user=username --input=json --output=jsonpretty Personalization set
```

The API response will resemble the following:


```bash
{
    "apiversion": 3,
    "module": "Personalization",
    "func": "set",
    "result": {
        "warnings": null,
        "data": {
            "personalization": {
                "xmainrollstatus": {
                    "reason": "OK",
                    "value": "|databases=0|domains=0|email=0|metrics=0",
                    "success": 1
                }
            }
        },
        "metadata": {},
        "errors": null,
        "messages": null,
        "status": 1
    }
}
```