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Create and nest collections

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A collection is a folder for the things you save. A collection can hold other collections, up to 5 levels deep, so you can keep a tidy tree such as Work, Projects, Client.

Steps​

  1. In the sidebar, find the heading Collections and select the plus button (New collection).

    The New bookmark collection dialog with the Name field and the Create button.

  2. Type a name in Name. A name can have up to 100 characters.

  3. To put the new collection inside another one, pick it under Inside. Leave Top level to make a top-level collection. Places that are already 5 levels deep are grayed out.

  4. Select Create. The collection opens, empty, and appears in the sidebar.

If a collection with the same name is already in that place, Readsira says so. The same name is fine in different places.

Put items in a collection​

  • When you save a link, pick the collection in the Save a bookmark dialog (see Save your first article).
  • Drag a card from the library onto a collection in the sidebar.
  • Select cards with Select multiple, then choose Move in the bar that appears and pick a collection.
A collection open in the library, with its saved articles.

Nest and reorder​

  1. Next to a collection in the sidebar, select the three-dot button to open its menu.

    The menu of a collection in the sidebar: New collection inside, Customize, Move to, Pin, Share, Public link, Public page, Duplicate and Delete.

  2. Choose New collection inside to make a sub-collection, or Move to… to move this collection into another place or back to the top level.

  3. You can also drag a collection onto another one to nest it, or above or below another to change the order. A collection cannot go inside itself or one of its own sub-collections.

  4. A collection with sub-collections has an arrow. Select it to expand or collapse the branch.

Customize a collection​

  1. In the menu, choose Customize.

    The Customize collection dialog with the name, description, icon, color and the fork switch.

  2. Change Name and Description.

  3. Select Change icon to pick an icon, and choose a color. Select Reset to remove a custom icon.

  4. The switch Allow others to fork this collection controls whether others can copy your collection once it is public. See Share and publish.

  5. Select Save.

Duplicate, pin or delete​

  • Duplicate makes a copy with a copy of the items, named like the original with "(Copy)" after it. The original is unchanged.
  • Pin to sidebar pins the collection to the top of the sidebar.
  • Delete asks to confirm. The bookmarks stay: they move to your Inbox. The sub-collections of the collection you delete are deleted too.

Tips​

  • In the Feeds view, the plus button makes a collection for feeds instead of for bookmarks.
  • How many public collections your plan allows is listed in Plan limits.
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