notesnook/docs/help/contents/organizing-notes/organize-notes-using-notebooks.md

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title: Notebooks
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# Organizing notes with notebooks

Notebooks consist of topics where you can add/create and edit your notes.

## Creating a notebook

# [Desktop/Web](#/tab/web)

1. Go to `Notebooks` from side menu
2. Click on the ![Three dot button](/plus-button-desktop.png) button on top right corner
3. Add title for your notebook
4. Click on `Create` button
5. You have created your first notebook in Notesnook

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> Adding a description & topics are optional.

# [Mobile](#/tab/mobile)

1. Go to `Notebooks` from side menu.
2. Press the ![Three dot button](/plus-button-desktop.png) button on bottom right corner
3. Add title for your notebook.

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> Adding a description & topics are optional.

4. Press the `Create notebook` button.
5. You have created your first notebook in Notesnook.

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## Editing a notebook

# [Desktop/Web](#/tab/web)

1. Go to `Notebooks` from side menu.
2. Right click on the Notebook you want to edit and select "Edit" from dropdown.
3. Edit your notebook.
4. Click on `Save` button to save the changes.

# [Mobile](#/tab/mobile)

1. Go to `Notebooks` from side menu
2. Press the ![Three dot button](/three-dot-button.png) button on the notebook
3. Press on `Edit Notebook`
4. Edit your notebook
5. Press `Save` button to save changes

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## Create a new topic

# [Desktop/Web](#/tab/web)

1. Go to `Notebooks` and open a notebook
2. Click on the ![Three dot button](/plus-button-desktop.png) button on top right corner.
3. Enter title of the topic
4. Click on `Create topic`
5. You have added a new topic to notebook

# [Mobile](#/tab/mobile)

1. Go to `Notebooks` and open a notebook
2. Press the ![Three dot button](/plus-button-desktop.png) button on bottom right corner.
3. Enter title of the topic
4. Press the `Create` button.
5. You have added a new topic to notebook

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## Editing an existing topic

# [Desktop/Web](#/tab/web)

1. Go to `Notebooks` and open a notebook
2. Right click on a topic and select "Edit".
3. Edit the topic title
4. Click "Save" to save changes.

# [Mobile](#/tab/mobile)

1. Go to `Notebooks` and open a notebook
2. Press the ![Three dot button](/three-dot-button.png) button
3. Press on `Edit topic`
4. Edit title of topic
5. Press `Save` to save changes

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## Creating a new note in a notebook

# [Desktop/Web](#/tab/web)

1. Go to `Notebooks` and open a notebook
2. Open the topic in which you want to add a note
3. Click on the ![Three dot button](/plus-button-desktop.png) button on top right corner
4. Start writing in editor to create a note in the topic

# [Mobile](#/tab/mobile)

1. Go to `Notebooks` and open a notebook
2. Open the topic in which you want to add a note
3. Click on the ![Three dot button](/plus-button-desktop.png) button on bottom right corner to open the editor or just **swipe from right to left** to open editor
4. Start writing in editor to create a note in the topic

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> Once a note is added to a notebook, it's references will show on top of the note in the list. Clicking on it will take you to the topic.
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> ![Notebook reference on a note](/notebook-ref.png)

## Adding a note to a topic

# [Desktop/Web](#/tab/web)

1. Right click on a note
2. Select `Add to Notebook(s)`
3. Select the notebook and topic in which you want to add the note
4. Click "Finish" to add the notes to the topic.
5. You should now see the notebook/topic below the note title. You can click on it to navigate to the topic directly.

# [Mobile](#/tab/mobile)

1. Press the ![Three dot button](/three-dot-button.png) button
2. Press on `Add to notebook` button.
3. Select the notebook and topic in which you want to add the note.
4. Once done, swipe down to close the sheet.
5. You should now see the notebook/topic on the top left side of the note. You can click on it to navigate to the topic directly.

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> info
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> In Notesnook a single note can exist in multiple Notebooks and topics. However a note shows at most only one reference on top.

## Adding multiple notes to a topic

# [Desktop/Web](#/tab/web)

1. Hold `Ctrl` key and click on the notes you want to select
2. Right click on selected notes
3. Click on `Add to notebook(s)`.
4. Select the notebook and topic in which you want to add the notes
5. Click "Finish" to add the notes to the topic.
6. You should now see the notebook/topic below the note title. You can click on it to navigate to the topic directly.

# [Mobile](#/tab/mobile)

1. Long press on a note.
2. Click on `Select` from the `Action bar`.
3. Select notes & press the ![Three dot button](/plus-button-desktop.png) button in top header
4. Select the notebook and topic in which you want to add the notes
5. Once done, swipe down to close the sheet.

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## Remove note from a topic

# [Desktop/Web](#/tab/web)

1. Right click on a note
2. Select `Add to Notebook(s)`
3. The notebooks in which the note exists will appear green. Click on the notebook to expand topics
4. Click on the topics in notebook from which you want to remove th note
5. Click "Finish" to save changes

# [Mobile](#/tab/mobile)

1. Press the ![Three dot button](/three-dot-button.png) button
2. Press on `Add to notebooks`
3. The notebook(s) in which the note exists will appear green. Press on a notebook to expand topics
4. Tap on topics you want to remove the note from
5. Once done, swipe down to close `Add to notebook(s)` sheet

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## Delete a topic

# [Desktop/Web](#/tab/web)

1. Go to `Notebooks` and open the notebook from which you want to delete a topic.
2. Right click on the topic
3. Click on `Delete` to delete the topic.
4. Select whether you also want to delete the notes inside this topic.

# [Mobile](#/tab/mobile)

1. Go to `Notebooks` from side menu and open the notebook from which you want to delete a topic.
2. Press the ![Three dot button](/three-dot-button.png) button to open `Topic properties` sheet
3. Press `Delete topic`
4. Select whether you also want to delete the notes inside this topic.

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## Move a notebook to trash

# [Desktop/Web](#/tab/web)

1. Go to `Notebooks`
2. Right click on the notebook
3. Click on `Move to trash`.
4. Select whether you also want to delete the notes inside this notebook.
5. Notebook will be kept in trash for 7 days after which it will be permanently removed.

# [Mobile](#/tab/mobile)

1. Go to `Notebooks`
2. Press the ![Three dot button](/three-dot-button.png) button.
3. Press `Move to trash` to delete the topic.
4. Select whether you also want to delete the notes inside this notebook.
5. Notebook will be kept in trash for 7 days after which it will be permanently removed.

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