# Can polygon is used to label the data in YOLO format

**URL:** <https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/can-polygon-is-used-to-label-the-data-in-yolo-format/2416>\
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**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/can-polygon-is-used-to-label-the-data-in-yolo-format/2416 "2023-06-12T10:16:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kumar\_Sheshank](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/kumar_sheshank/32/1958_2.png) [@Kumar\_Sheshank](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/Kumar_Sheshank)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/can-polygon-is-used-to-label-the-data-in-yolo-format/2416/1 "2023-06-12T10:16:05Z")

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Polygon can be used to label the data in YOLO format?

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**Author:** ![trevorhlynn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/trevorhlynn/32/1690_2.png) [@trevorhlynn](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/trevorhlynn)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/can-polygon-is-used-to-label-the-data-in-yolo-format/2416/2 "2023-06-12T15:41:04Z")

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Yes, you can use polygon annotations to train different YOLO formats. Here’s a resource for YOLOv8: [How to Train YOLOv8 Instance Segmentation on Custom Data](https://blog.roboflow.com/how-to-train-yolov8-instance-segmentation/)

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**Author:** ![Kumar\_Sheshank](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/kumar_sheshank/32/1958_2.png) [@Kumar\_Sheshank](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/Kumar_Sheshank)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/can-polygon-is-used-to-label-the-data-in-yolo-format/2416/3 "2023-06-13T05:33:24Z")

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Ok thanks, but I m asking about object detection using the YOLOv5 or YOLOv8 model, not about the instance segmentation

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**Author:** ![trevorhlynn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/trevorhlynn/32/1690_2.png) [@trevorhlynn](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/trevorhlynn)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/can-polygon-is-used-to-label-the-data-in-yolo-format/2416/4 "2023-06-13T11:30:50Z")

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Yes, you can use polygons to train object detection models using Roboflow Train and YOLOv5 (likely YOLOv8 but I can’t 100% confirm that): [Polygon Annotations for Object Detection in Computer Vision](https://blog.roboflow.com/polygons-object-detection/)

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**Author:** ![SWAPNIL\_SENGUPTA](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/swapnil_sengupta/32/9771_2.png) [@SWAPNIL\_SENGUPTA](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/SWAPNIL_SENGUPTA)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/can-polygon-is-used-to-label-the-data-in-yolo-format/2416/5 "2026-08-14T18:44:38Z")

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Using drawing polygons over objects then assign with their class names, saving annotations and then export to YOLOv8 format.

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**Author:** ![SWAPNIL\_SENGUPTA](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/swapnil_sengupta/32/9771_2.png) [@SWAPNIL\_SENGUPTA](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/SWAPNIL_SENGUPTA)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/can-polygon-is-used-to-label-the-data-in-yolo-format/2416/6 "2026-08-14T18:47:27Z")

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Yes drawing polygons over objects can be used for instance segmentation