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layout: documentation
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title: Settings - Things
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# Settings - Things
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<!-- START MAINUI SIDEBAR DOC - DO NOT REMOVE -->
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**Things** manage the physical layer of the openHAB system and represent individual devices or services.
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The Things that you can add to your system are determined by the bindings that you have installed.
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There is a [Things concepts page]({{base}}/concepts/things.html) that explains the idea of Things in detail.
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On this page, you can manage all the Things you have added to your system:
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- **Add new Things**<br>
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Use the [Thing Inbox](#inbox) to scan for available things or manually add ones that cannot be found automatically using the <!--F7:blue plus_circle_fill --> plus button.
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- **Configure Things**<br>
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Click on any Thing in the list to see its configuration page and its channels.
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- **Delete Things**<br>
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Select multiple Things using the top **Select** button and use the **Remove** buttons at the bottom or use the <span style="color: red">Delete Thing</span> button on the individual Thing pages.
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- **Enable/Disable Things**<br>
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Select multiple Things using the top **Select** button and use the **Enable** or **Disable** buttons at the bottom or use the <!--F7 pause_circle --> pause button on the individual Thing pages.
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Adding Things via the user interface is described comprehensively in the tutorial section:
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- [Adding Things - Simple]({{base}}/tutorial/things_simple.html)
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- [Adding Things - Intermediate]({{base}}/tutorial/things_intermediate.html): Things that are dealing with a binding where the bridge-Thing cannot be automatically discovered.
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- [Adding Things - Advanced]({{base}}/things_advanced.html): Things that do not support automatic discovery.
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## Inbox
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Many devices, technologies and systems can be automatically discovered on the network or browsed through some API.
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It therefore makes a lot of sense to use these features for a smart home solution.
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openHAB bindings can therefore implement discovery services for Things, which provide discovery results.
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All discovery results are put into the Thing inbox from where they can be easily added to openHAB with just a few clicks.
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Please read [the tutorial]({{base}}/tutorial/things_simple.html#accept-the-light-bulb-things) to learn how to use the inbox.
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