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How do I get the items in categories on my POS to appear alphabetically?

kprocida — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 20:06:57 GMT

I have a category called "cocktails" and I would like the items in that category to appear alphabetically. Now they are showing up in no particular order. I have them listed alphabetically on the menu , but they are not appearing that way on the POS nor the remote IPADs we use.

menu:

Americano

AMF

Aperol

IPAD/POS:

Brandy

Vieux

Sidecar

Just confused because I thought all items were automatically alphabetized

Re: How do I get the items in categories on my POS to appear alphabetically?

rtfulk — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 01:21:54 GMT

Here is a link to a discussion about arranging items on Square POS.

https://www.sellercommunity.com/t5/Square-for-Restaurants/How-to-rearrange-modifiers-on-Square-for-Restaurants/td-p/111869

Re: How do I get the items in categories on my POS to appear alphabetically?

Alyse28 — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 20:40:34 GMT

This same problem is happening to me!

In the POS dashboard all categories are listed in alphabetic order, but in the POS system where we ring customers up they aren't in alphabetic order. Any tips to resolve this would be great

Re: How do I get the items in categories on my POS to appear alphabetically?

JJ_ — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:16:00 GMT

Hello there @Alye28

Welcome back to the Seller Community!

Would you mind sharing a screenshot of what you're experiencing? I tried replicating on my end and the categories did appear alphabetically ordered in the Square Point of Sale application.