Label, color, or pin notes

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

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Keep app .
2. Tap the note you want to label. To select multiple notes, touch and hold a note  tap other notes you want to select.
3. In the bottom right, tap Action . If you selected multiple notes, you can skip this step.
4. 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 .
5. In the top left, tap Back .
6. You’ll see the label at the bottom of the note. To remove a label, tap a tag.

Edit a label

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Keep app .
2. In the top left, tap Menu .
3. Next to "Labels," tap Edit.
4. 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 .
5. When you’re done, tap Close .

Change the color or background of your notes

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Keep app .
2. Tap the note you want to edit.
3. In the bottom right, tap Action .
4. At the bottom, choose a color or background from the gallery.
5. To save the changes, in the top left, tap Back .

To edit multiple notes:

1. Touch and hold a note tap other notes you want to select.
2. Tap Change color .
3. 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.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Keep app .
2. Tap the note you want to pin.
3. Tap Pin note .

Learn how to pin a note on your Wear OS watch.