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# Collections
Organize AI images and videos in nested collections, save new results to a folder, and share with teammates. Understand inherited access, move confirmations and safe deletion.
A collection is a folder for your images and videos. One item can sit in many collections. Click **Collections** in the left sidebar to see yours.
In your personal workspace the page has **All** and **Pinned** tabs. In a team workspace: **All**, **My collections**, **Shared by you**, **Shared with me** and **Pinned**. Switch between grid and list layout at the top.
Use the tabs to switch between your collections and shared ones.
## Create a collection
1. On the Collections page, click **Create**.
2. Type a **Name**, up to 64 characters.
3. To put it inside another collection, click **Choose location** and pick the parent.
4. Click **Create**.
When you start a collection from the picker while saving images, the button reads **Create and add**. That creates the collection and adds the images in one step.
## Add images
You can add items from three places.
### Save new images to a collection while you generate
Every app, Image and Video included, has an **Add to Collection** field next to **Generate**.
1. Click the **Add to Collection** field.
2. Pick a collection.
3. Generate. The results save into it.
Click the **x** to clear the field.
### Add several images from Library
1. In **Library** → **Generations** or **Uploads**, select several items. See [Library and Favorites](/organize-and-share/assets.md#select-several-items).
2. Click **Add to collection** in the bar at the bottom.
3. Pick collections in the picker, as below.
### Add one image
1. Open the image.
2. Click **Add to collection** in the action bar.
3. Pick collections in the picker, as below.
You can also find **Add to collection** under **More options** → **Manage**.
### Use the collection picker
Each way opens the same picker.
1. Search for a collection or browse the tree.
2. Tick one or more collections.
3. Click **Add to collection**.
Click **New collection** if the one you want doesn't exist yet.
### Upload files into a collection
1. Open the collection.
2. Click **Add** → **Upload**.
3. Pick files from your computer.
## Nest collections
Collections can sit inside other collections, up to 10 levels deep.
### Add a sub-collection
1. Open the parent collection.
2. Click **Add** → **Sub-collection**.
## Filter a collection
1. Open the collection and select **Filters** above the images. The button hides while you search.
2. Expand **Asset source** to choose **Generated**, **Uploaded** or both.
3. Expand **Tags** to find and select tags used by assets in the collection.
4. Select **Apply filters** to update the results.
Some workspaces also have attribute filters. When available, expand an attribute to choose values or enter a range. Only attributes present in the collection appear.
Your choices stay in the panel until you apply them. **Cancel** closes it without applying changes. Use **Reset selections** in the panel, then **Apply filters**, to remove your selections. You can also remove applied filters from the chips above the grid or select **Clear all**.
## Remove images
### Remove one image from a collection
1. Open the image inside the collection.
2. Choose **More options** → **Remove from this collection**.
### Remove several images from a collection
1. Inside the collection, select the images.
2. Click **Remove from this collection** in the bar.
The images stay in Library.
**Delete from library** is different: it deletes the image itself.
## Collection menu
1. Click **…** on a collection card to open its menu.
2. Click an item from the table below.
| Item | What it does | Who sees the option |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| **Share** | Opens the sharing dialog | Top-level collections in a team workspace |
| **Edit** | Renames the collection | Owner and editors |
| **Move** | Puts the collection inside another one, or back at the top | Owner and team managers |
| **Pin** / **Unpin** | Adds or removes it from the sidebar list under **Collections** | Everyone |
| **Highlight** / **Unhighlight** | Highlights it for the team | Team managers, top-level collections only |
| **Download** | Downloads its contents; shows "Preparing…" while it works | Everyone |
| **Delete** | Deletes the collection after you confirm **Delete collection** | Owner; editors can delete sub-collections only |
When you move a collection, Ideogram may ask "Adopt destination access?", meaning whether it should take on the sharing settings of its new parent. A move fails if it would push anything past 10 levels.
### Move a collection without surprising collaborators
Review **Access changes** when **Adopt destination access?** appears. It compares current permissions with the destination's permissions. **Move and adopt destination access** replaces the collection's sharing settings with the destination's, including everything inside it. Choose **Cancel** if the listed people or groups should keep their current access, then choose another location.
### Delete a collection and keep its images
1. Open the collection's **…** menu and select **Delete**.
2. Leave **Permanently delete all images within collection** unchecked if you only want to remove the folder. The images are not affected by the default choice.
3. Select **Delete collection** to confirm.
The checkbox is a different action: selecting it also asks to permanently delete the images in the collection. To remove just a few images from the folder while keeping them in Library, use **Remove from this collection** instead.
## Share a collection with your team
Sharing works in team workspaces only. In your personal workspace you'll see "Switch to a team workspace to share collections with others." See [Team Plan](/plans-and-billing/team-plan.md).
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### Open the sharing dialog
Open the collection and click **Share**, or pick **Share** from its menu.
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### Add people
Under **Add people by name or email**, add workspace members. You can't add people outside the workspace. In an Enterprise workspace, the field reads **Add people or groups** and also lets you select an existing group. See [Groups](/plans-and-billing/groups.md).
Type a name or email to add a workspace member.
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### Set what each person can do
Choose **Can edit** or **Can view**, then select **Share** to add the selected people or groups. You can change or remove existing access from the **Who has access** list.
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### Choose general access
Under **General access**, pick who else can open it:
* **Org**: anyone in your organization can view or edit, as you choose.
* **Private**: only people and groups already granted access can open the collection.
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Sub-collections follow their parent. To change who can see one, change the top-level collection it lives in.
### If sharing or editing controls are missing
A person with **Can view** can browse the collection without getting its editing controls. Owners and editors can edit the collection; the owner manages sharing. Sub-collections inherit access from their parent, so open the top-level collection to change those permissions.
If opening a link asks **Switch teams to view this collection?**, the collection belongs to another team you already belong to. Switch to that workspace to view it. A collection's team-sharing settings are separate from publishing its images to the public community.
## In this topic: organize and share
1. [Library and Favorites](/organize-and-share/assets.md): find everything you made
2. **Collections** (this page): sort images into folders and share them with a team
3. [Download](/organize-and-share/download.md): save files in the format and size you need
4. [Share and Publish](/organize-and-share/share-and-publish.md): share a link or publish to the community
5. [Troubleshooting](/help/troubleshooting.md): fix common problems
