# How do you load a custom component in ionic 4?

(source : Google)

First create a component

```
ionic start myProject blank --type=angular  
ionic g module components  
ionic g component components/myComponent --export
```

This adds both a declaration and export to the components module for “myComponent”.

To use the component just add `ComponentsModule` to your `imports` in your page module, e.g.

This way nothing is added to `app.module.ts` which is how it should be.

Also note if you want to use any components in your own custom components, you need to add `IonicModule` to the `imports` in `components.module.ts`