# If Else **If Else** node lets you check for a boolean condition, which if true sends the flow execution to the **True** branch, else sends the flow execution to the **False** branch. ### Adding If Else node at the end As you see in the below image, an **If Else** node comes with two child branches - **True** and **False** branch. You can build your remaining flow in these branches.

### Adding If Else node between 2 nodes If you try adding the **If Else** node between 2 existing nodes, you will see a popup asking you which branch should the existing children be part of.

This is because **If Else** node breaks the flow into 2 separate branches, **which never merge**. If you want the branches to merge, checkout [**If Else V2**](https://docs.cosmocloud.io/flow-builder/node-types/conditional-nodes/broken-reference). {% hint style="warning" %} ### Deleting If Else node If you plan to delete the **If Else** node, keep in mind that it will **delete the whole flow** **below** the current If Else node as the system does not know which branch to connect to the parent node.\ This does not happen with [**If Else V2**](https://docs.cosmocloud.io/flow-builder/node-types/conditional-nodes/if-else-v2)**.** {% endhint %} ### Properties Panel

Field	Description	Required
Node name	Checkout Node name	true
Condition	The condition object which this node evaluates at Flow Runtime, based on which the flow is sent to True branch or False branch. Check this documentation to see how to build conditions in this node.	true

### Returns `condition` - The boolean result of the condition at runtime. You can access this using Magical Autocomplete (Eg. `$..condition`) in any node below this node.