Organize your notes
To sort and find your notes in Google Keep, you can label, color, and pin notes. If you’re sharing a note, only you’ll be able to see your labels, colors, and pins. You can have up to 50 labels.
Label your notes
Add a label
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Keep app 👁 Google Keep
. - Tap the note you want to label. To select multiple notes, touch and hold a note 👁 and then
tap other notes you want to select. - In the bottom right, tap Action 👁 Action menu
. If you selected multiple notes, you can skip this step. - Tap Labels 👁 Label
.- Check the box next to each label you want.
- To add a label, enter a label name in "Enter label name" and tap Create 👁 Insert
.
- In the top left, tap Back 👁 Back
. - You’ll see the label at the bottom of the note. To remove a label, tap a tag.
Edit a label
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Keep app 👁 Google Keep
. - In the top left, tap Menu 👁 Menu
. - Next to "Labels," tap Edit.
- Find the label you want to change and tap Edit 👁 Edit
. - When you’re done, tap Close 👁 Close
.
Sort your notes
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Keep app 👁 Google Keep
. - At the top right, tap Sort 👁 Image
. - From the menu that opens at the bottom of your phone or at the top right of your tablet, select an option:
- Custom: Sort notes manually by tapping, holding, and dragging notes to your preferred location.
- Date created: Sort notes from newest to oldest.
- Date modified: Sort notes from newest to oldest based on the last modification date.
Tip: To reverse the sort order, tap Sort 👁 Image
👁 and then
same option.
Change the color or background of your notes
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Keep app 👁 Google Keep
. - Tap the note you want to edit.
- In the bottom right, tap Action 👁 Action menu
. - At the bottom, choose a color or background from the gallery.
- To save the changes, in the top left, tap Back 👁 Back
.
To edit multiple notes:
- Touch and hold a note👁 and then
tap other notes you want to select. - Tap Change color 👁 Color
. - Choose a color or background from the gallery.
Pin important notes
You can pin important notes to the top of your Google Keep feed to quickly access them.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Keep app 👁 Google Keep
. - Tap the note you want to pin.
- Tap Pin note 👁 Pin
.