# Labelling classes starting from a specific number

**URL:** <https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/labelling-classes-starting-from-a-specific-number/581>\
**Category:** 🤝  Community Help\
**Tags:** split-after-upload, bugs, feature-request, formats\
**Created:** [June 21, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/labelling-classes-starting-from-a-specific-number/581 "2022-06-21T09:33:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mohamed](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/mohamed/32/62_2.png) [@Mohamed](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/Mohamed)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/labelling-classes-starting-from-a-specific-number/581/4 "2022-06-23T12:35:03Z")

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Question is answered here (let’s continue on the other thread only to avoid confusion):

> [@Roboflow needs a feature to modify the class index start sequencing](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/roboflow-needs-a-feature-to-modify-the-class-index-start-sequencing/585/4):
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> Hi @Symbadian1 - yes, this is what I was referring to here: You can use [Modify Classes](https://help.roboflow.com/guides/modifying-classes) to create “raw image” dataset versions. A raw image dataset version would be one in which you generate a dataset with only [Auto-Orient](https://docs.roboflow.com/image-transformations/image-preprocessing#auto-orient) as a [preprocessing step](https://docs.roboflow.com/image-transformations/image-preprocessing) (and Modify Classes if you wanted new class names), and no [augmentations](https://docs.roboflow.com/image-transformations/image-augmentation). Here’s [how to make the raw image dataset versions](https://www.loom.com/share/6d0ab53f2f284ebe93dd911444a19db1) After generating a raw image dataset for both projects and [exporting them](https://docs.roboflow.com/exporting-data) in COCO JSON or another [format](https://roboflow.com/formats) - with the desired c…

And you’re welcome! Thanks for joining Roboflow!

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