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title: Policy fragments
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# Policy fragments

You can manage policy fragments under **Authentication > Policies > Fragments**. You can create reusable policy fragments and apply them in multiple authentication policies.

Fragments make policies easier to administer. They allow you to extract common patterns that exist among different policies and to manage them in one place. For example, you can create a reusable policy fragment with policy components that you frequently use and apply that fragment in multiple policies. When the authentication requirements need adjustments, you can make those changes in the fragment without updating the policies that reference it.

Fragments can use other fragments. You can chain up to five fragments together and use as many fragments as you want throughout a policy, but the policy cannot be configured to have over five fragments being processed at one time.

On the **Fragments** page:

* Click **Add Fragment** to define a policy fragment.

* Click the name of an existing fragment to edit its configuration.

* Click **Select Action** to copy or delete an existing fragment.