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
.
- Tap the note you want to label. To select multiple notes, touch and hold a note
tap other notes you want to select.
- In the bottom right, tap Action
. If you selected multiple notes, you can skip this step.
- Tap Labels
.
- Check the box next to each label you want.
- To add a label, enter a label name in "Enter label name" and tap Create
.
- In the top left, tap 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
.
- In the top left, tap Menu
.
- Next to "Labels," tap Edit.
- Find the label you want to change and tap Edit
.
- To delete a label, tap Delete
.
- To edit a label, enter a new label and tap Done
.
- To delete a label, tap Delete
- When you’re done, tap Close
.
Change the color or background of your notes
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Keep app
.
- Tap the note you want to edit.
- In the bottom right, tap Action
.
- At the bottom, choose a color or background from the gallery.
- To save the changes, in the top left, tap Back
.
To edit multiple notes:
- Touch and hold a note
tap other notes you want to select.
- Tap Change 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
.
- Tap the note you want to pin.
- Tap Pin note
.