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# TradingView – How to Create and Save Custom Chart Layouts

| By saving your chart layouts with indicators, timeframes and drawings- you don’t have to reconfigure them every time you open TradingView. And it allows you to quickly toggle between different setups


1. To create new chart layout- simply click on **+ (PLUS)** button in the tabs menu:


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/4/1/3/5413a8a0321f3000/image_1pg14pc.png)

2. Select **Create new layout** option:


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/4/1/3/5413a8a0321f3000/image_1elcw3x.png)

3. You will then have an option to **choose the symbol** you’d like to add to a chart, just like we chose Apple Inc. here:


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/4/1/3/5413a8a0321f3000/image_1lqfajd.png)

4. To add Indicators to the chart you have created- simply click on **Indicators** tab:


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/4/1/3/5413a8a0321f3000/image_fyr3vm.png)

5. You will then have an option to search for pre-built indicators or you can use the one you added,


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/4/1/3/5413a8a0321f3000/image_nqaejt.png)

6. In this tab- you can **rename** the layout you created:


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/4/1/3/5413a8a0321f3000/image_ds8ezq.png)

7. And you use the same tab to **save the layout** you created with all the indicators and strategies added. There is also an option to **enable Auto-Save** after every change you make:


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/4/1/3/5413a8a0321f3000/image_128kzjn.png)