# Listen to Socket.IO events
You can configure Socket.IO requests to listen to specific events. The **Response** pane displays the received events that the request is listening to. Events are color coded to make them more identifiable.
To listen to a new event, do the following:
1. In your Socket.IO request, click **Events**.
2. Click 
or click the **Add event** box.
3. Enter a name and description for the event.
4. Click **Listen** next to an event to turn listening on or off for that event.
To delete the event listener, hover over the event and click 
**Delete**.