To sort and find your notes in Google Keep, you can label, colour and pin notes. If you're sharing a note, only you will be able to see your labels, colours 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 that you want to label. To select multiple notes, touch and hold a note tap other notes that you want to select.
- At the bottom right, tap Action . If you've selected multiple notes, you can skip this step.
- Tap Labels .
- Tick the box next to each label that you want.
- To add a label, enter a label name in 'Enter label name', and tap Create .
- At 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 .
- At the top left, tap Menu .
- Next to 'Labels', tap Edit.
- Find the label that you want to change and tap Edit .
- To delete a label, tap Delete .
- To edit a label, enter a new label and tap Done .
- When you’re done, tap Close .
Change the colour or background of your notes
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Keep app .
- Tap the note that you want to edit.
- At the bottom right, tap Action .
- At the bottom, choose a colour 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 that you want to select.
- Tap Change colour .
- Choose a colour or background from the gallery.
Pin important notes
You can pin important notes to the top of your Google Keep feed to access them quickly.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Keep app .
- Tap the note that you want to pin.
- Tap Pin note .