This article shows you how to create and edit notes and how to review the history of notes. Anyone with account access can add, edit or remove notes on your Google Ads campaign or ad group pages.
Create notes
There are several ways to create notes, depending on where you are in Google Ads. Read below to learn about the different ways to create notes.
Via the performance graph
The first and easiest way to create a note is to hover over a node on a performance graph and add a note from the information card that appears.
To create campaign notes:
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- On the 'Overview' page, click All campaigns on the 'Campaigns' card.
- Use the date selector at the top ride side to select a date range of data you’d like to view.
- Hover over a circular node on the performance graph at the top of the page. Square nodes indicate existing notes, which you can edit.
- Click Add note. You can also click See all notes to view and edit any existing notes for this campaign or ad group.
- Notes are added to the campaign that you’re viewing when creating the note. If you haven’t selected a specific campaign in the workspace bar at the top, your note is added at your Google Ads account level.
- Type the content of your note in 'Enter your note'.
- Click Save.
To create ad group notes:
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- Click Ad groups in the page menu on the left.
- Use the date selector at the top right side above the performance graph to select a date range of data that you’d like to view.
- Hover over a circular node on the performance graph at the top of the page. Square nodes indicate existing notes, which you can edit.
- Click Add note. You can also click See all notes to view and edit any existing notes for this ad group.
- Notes are added to the ad group that you’re viewing when creating the note. If you haven’t selected a specific ad group in the workspace bar at the top, your note is added at your Google Ads account level.
- Type the content of your note in 'Enter your note'.
- Click Save.
Via the notes panel
The second way allows you to add a note to any date, without having to select a specific point on the performance graph first. With this method, you’re also able to review all existing notes in the notes panel.
To create campaign notes:
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- On the 'Overview' page, click All campaigns on the 'Campaigns' card.
- Click the three-dot icon
above the table of results.
- Click Open notes panel. You’ll have a list of all existing notes below.
- Click Add.
- Notes are added to the campaign that you’re viewing when creating the note. If you haven’t selected a specific campaign from the workspace bar at the top, your note is added at your Google Ads account level.
- Select a date.
- Type the content of your note in 'Enter your note'.
- Click Save.
To create ad group notes:
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- Click Ad groups in the page menu on the left.
- Click the three-dot icon
above the table of results.
- Click Open notes panel. You’ll find a list of all existing notes below.
- Click Add.
- Notes are added to the ad group that you’re viewing when creating the note. If you haven’t selected a specific ad group from the workspace bar at the top, your note is added at your Google Ads account level.
- Select a date.
- Type the content of your note in 'Enter your note'.
- Click Save.
Via the report table
To create campaign notes:
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- On the 'Overview' page, click All campaigns from the 'Campaigns' card.
- Select campaigns from the list by clicking the tick box
to the left. A blue menu bar will appear above the list.
- Click Add note.
- The note will only be added to the selected campaigns.
- Select a date.
- Type the note in the box below the date.
- Click Save.
To create ad group notes:
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- Click Ad groups in the page menu on the left.
- Select ad groups from the list by clicking the tick box
to the left. A blue menu bar will appear above the list.
- Click Add note.
- The note will only be added to the selected ad groups.
- Select a date.
- Type the note in the box below the date.
Click Save.
Edit notes
You can edit any existing note via the notes panel, or directly on the performance graph. There are two ways to find an existing note:
Via the performance graph
To edit campaign notes:
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- On the 'Overview' page, click All campaigns on the 'Campaigns' card.
- Hover over a square node on the performance graph to edit a note. You'll find all notes for a specific dat on a single hover card.
- Click See all notes to open the notes pane.
- Scroll up or down to find the note that you want to edit.
- Click the pencil icon
to edit a note.
- Enter your content.
- Click Save.
To edit ad group notes:
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- Click Ad groups in the page menu on the left.
- Hover over a square node on the performance graph to edit a note. You’ll find all notes for a specific date on a single hover card.
- Click See all notes to open the notes panel.
- Scroll up or down to find the note that you want to edit.
- Click the pencil icon
to edit a note.
- Enter your content.
- Click Save.
Via the notes panel
To edit campaign notes:
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- On the 'Overview' page, click All campaigns from the 'Campaigns' card.
- Click the three-dot icon
just below the performance graph on the left.
- Click Open notes panel. You’ll find a list of all existing notes below.
- Scroll down to find the note that you want to edit.
- Click the pencil icon
to edit a note, or click the trash icon to delete it.
- Enter your content.
- Click Save.
To edit ad group notes:
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- Click Ad groups in the page menu on the left.
- Click the three-dot icon
just below the performance graph on the left.
- Click Open notes panel. You’ll find a list of all existing notes below.
- Scroll down to find the note that you want to edit.
- Click the pencil icon
to edit a note, or click the trash icon to delete it.
- Enter your content.
- Click Save.
Review note history
You can review when notes were created or last edited, and by whom.
To review campaign notes:
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- On the 'Overview' page, click All campaigns on the 'Campaigns' card.
- Hover over a square node on the performance graph to open a note, or click the three-dot icon
below the performance graph, then click Open notes panel to review all notes.
- At the bottom of any note, you can review when it was created or last edited. This information is also available in 'Change history'.
To review ad group notes:
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- Click Ad groups in the page menu on the left.
- Hover over a square node on the performance graph to open a note, or click the three-dot icon
below the performance graph, then click Open notes panel to review all notes.
- At the bottom of any note, you can review when it was created or last edited. This information is also available in 'Change history'.