Address Book: edit custom field labels

Is there a way to edit/delete custom field labels one created earlier. Where are the entries of custom defined field labels saved?
Thank you for any feedback

Thank you for your replies,
I understand that deselecting the custom label will make it disappear from the card but not from the list which is somewhere kept (on my iPhone I can see this list when applying a custom label). Also, when trying to re-use a custom label (on Address Book) there seems to be no option for choosing the ones used already.
Therefor I cannot edit a custom label rather than add a new one (even if it is the same); that makes the list on my iphone from which I can select a custom label every time larger as unused ones do not disappear - I am correct?

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