To help you find, access, and use files quickly, use File collections. This widget automatically groups related files on your device into collections so you spend less time on searches. It automatically creates and updates these collections when you create, download, or save files.
Before you begin
Important:
- This feature is only available in English, German, and French.
- If you don’t turn on AI for Files or if your device has few files, the File collections widget doesn’t show anything. When you turn on the setting and save files, like images or PDFs, to your device, the system starts to create collections.
To use File collections, turn on AI for Files:
- Open your Googlebook’s Settings app
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- Select Security & privacy
More security & privacy
- Turn on Use AI features in files.
.Add File collections
- On your Home screen, right-click an empty area.
- Select Widgets
- You can also search for it with the search bar.
- Select Add.
- When the prompt appears, select Turn on.
- Drag your selected widget to your preferred location.
Use & manage collections
Open files from a collection
As you create, download, and save files, collections are automatically created and updated. Each collection is a compilation of related files, like travel documents or specific project files.
- On the File collections widget, select a collection.
- To open any file from the collection, select the file.
Pin a collection
You can pin a collection to mark it as important. The widget keeps pinned collections at the top for quick access. To pin a collection:
- In File collections, select the collection you want to pin.
- At the top right, select More
Remove a collection
To remove unwanted collections, select More 
Remove the File collections widget
To stop the use of the File collections widget, remove the widget from your Home screen.
- On your Home screen, right-click the File collections widget.
- Select Remove.