What Are Google Keep Labels and How to Use Them Effectively

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What are Labels in Google Keep?

Remember that particular notebook in school that had various sections for each subject? Each section had a label to categorize and identify the notes, such as Maths, Science, English, etc.

A similar concept is available inGoogle Keepin the form of labels. Using labels, you can organize your notes by subject, topic, priority, relevance, etc. For instance, you can have labels for personal and work notes, shopping lists, students, and more.

The labels can be accessed from the left panel on the desktop, inside the side drawer in the mobile apps, or from within the notes. Clicking on a label will filter your notes and show only those with that particular label.

You can create up to 50 labels in Keep. Each note can have multiple labels. The labels added to the note will be shown at the bottom of a note.

Only you will be able to see your labels. So, if you share your notes with others, they won’t have access to them.

Tip:Find out how tomove Keep notes to your another account.

How to Create and Add Labels to Notes

Let’s check separately for desktop and Keep mobile apps.

Desktop

Step 1:Open the Keep website and click onEdit labelsoption in the left panel.

Step 2:A pop-up window will open. In theCreate new labelsection, type the name of your label and hit the checkmark next to it.

When making a new note or editing an existing one, you can create a label at that time, too. For that, type the symbol hashtag # succeeded by your label on a desktop in the note.

Step 1:ClickTake a noteat the top of the Google Keeps interface.

Step 2:Start typing; type the#symbol followed by your new label name, and click theCreateoption.

Mobile Devices

Step 1:On the mobile apps, tap on thethree-baricon at the top-left corner of the Keep app. ChooseCreate new labelorEditat the top.

Step 2:Enter your label name in theCreate new labelbox and tap on the checkmark icon to save it.

Step 1:Open the note in Keep, tap thethree-dot iconat the bottom, and chooseLabels.

Step 2:Type the label name in theEnter label nametext box and tap onCreateto create a new label. Select the box next to the existing label to add an old label.

How to Change or Remove Labels From a Note

Here are the steps for desktop and mobile apps.

Desktop

Step 1:Open the note and hover your mouse over the label in a note.

Step 2:You will see the cross icon. Click on it to remove the label from the note.

Alternatively, follow the steps below:

Step 1:Click on the three-dot icon of the note. ChooseChange labelsfrom the menu.

Step 2:Uncheck the box next to the label you want to delete from the note. Then, select the boxes next to the labels you want to keep in your note.

Mobile Devices

Step 1:Open the note and tap on the label at the bottom that you want to remove or change.

Step 2:On the next screen, uncheck the box next to the labels you want to remove. Select to add new labels.

Alternatively, tap on thethree-dot iconat the bottom and chooseLabels. Uncheck to remove or select to add new labels.

How to Create Sub-Labels

Some of theGoogle Keep alternativeslet you create subfolders. However, you can get somewhat similar functionality using labels in Keep.

For that, you will have to create labels in the following format:

For instance, I have the main label for Guiding Tech or GT. The sub-labels will be in the GT/Article and GT/ToDo format.

How to Rename or Delete a Label

Desktop

Step 1:Click on theEdit labelsoption in the left panel of Keep.

Step 2:In theEdit labelspop-up, click thepencil iconnext to the label you want to rename. Then, use the checkmark icon to save the label.

To delete, hover your mouse over the label. The left icon will change to a delete icon. Click on it to delete the label.

Mobile

Step 1:Open the sidebar in Keep by tapping thethree-bar iconat the top. Tap onEditnext to Labels.

Step 2:Tap on the edit icon next to the label. Rename it and hit the checkmark icon.

Tap on the delete icon to delete the label. Note that deleting a label does not delete the notes inside it.

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Last updated on 13 July, 2024

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