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Create and apply item modifiers to menu items

Who is this article for?
  • Account owners or team members with general items permissions. Set permissions in Square Dashboard.
  • Square for Restaurants Free, Plus and Premium subscribers
  • Square Free, Plus and Premium subscribers
  • Before you begin

    Modifiers are customizable options you can apply to an item at checkout, like different toppings for a hamburger or additions to a latte. You can use modifiers to edit an item and specify the item change to the kitchen. Modifiers live within a modifier set.

    You can create a modifier set and apply modifiers to items or display groups from your Square Dashboard.

    New Square Sellers:
    If you created your Square account on August 14th 2024 or later, your account has been enrolled in our new Multi-Location Menu Management experience. This feature allows you to manage in-store menus across all locations from a single place in your Square Dashboard. To learn more about this new feature, view our Multi-Location Menu Management guide. This feature will be made available to all Square Sellers soon.

    Create a modifier set

    1. Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Items & Orders > Menus.

    2. Click Add Modifiers.

    3. Type the name of your new modifier set and click Add a new modifier.

    4. Confirm your Modifier Set Name.

    5. Under Modifiers, toggle on Customer can only select one modifier to set your first modifier as the default option.

    6. Click the picture icon to add an optional image. Enter your modifier name in the New Modifier field, add a Kitchen name and Price, and toggle on In Stock if tracking your stock status.

    7. Add any additional modifiers to your set. 

    8. To have modifier operators appear when view your modifier set on your Restaurants POS, toggle on Use Conversational Modifiers on POS. With the exception of 'Allergy' and 'No', you may use more than one customization per modifier when conversational modifiers are toggled on.

    9. Click Save.

    Apply modifiers to menu items

    You can apply modifiers to your menu items from the menu editor. Once you apply a modifier, the modifier name appears beneath the item name.

    1. Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Items & Orders > Menus.

    2. Click Add Modifiers.

    3. Search for the existing modifier set you want to use.

    4. Select the display group or individual items to which the modifier will apply. 

    5. Click Apply to Items.

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