--- layout: documentation title: Settings - Items --- # Settings - Items **Items** manage the functional layer of openHAB. Items can be linked to the channels of a Thing to control and read data from a device or service. Items have a state are used through events. Items can also be used to store information that is just used by your openHAB system itself. There is an [Items concepts page]({{base}}/concepts/items.html) that explains the idea of Items in detail. On these pages you can manage all the Items you have added to your system: - **Add new Items**
Add individual Items using the plus button and, if needed, manually link them to a channel. - **Configure Items**
Click on any Item in the list to see its configuration page. - **Delete Items**
Select multiple Items using the top **Select** button and use the **Remove** button at the bottom or use the Remove Item button on the individual Item pages.