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Google is a divisive company. Maybe you love Gmail’s ease of use and how easy it is to find anything you want online.
Or maybe you get shivers down your spine just thinking about all the data the search giant has on you. Tap or click to see everything Google knows about you
You may see some personal information when you search for yourself online. Luckily, you can ask Google to remove your phone number, address, and more. Tap or click here to see what you can delete and how.
Love it or hate it, Google has plenty of handy resources to make life easier. Here’s one you might not have tried yet.
The Google logo at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Think of Google Collections as a collection point for items that you want to come back to later or share with others. You can save links, images and locations from Google search results. How you use it is up to you.
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An easy way to save and share
Think of Google Collections as a collection point for items that you want to come back to later or share with others. You can save links, images and locations from Google search results. How you use it is up to you. It’s great for everything from places you want to visit to an online recipe book with links to your favorite dishes.
It’s almost like using Pinterest… without the Pinterest account. Here are some clever uses for Google Collections:
Mood boards to inspire your home renovation project
Quotes and ideas to set and achieve goals
Simple shopping lists
Messages you want to refer to later
Lists of your favorite places, things you want to see and places you want to visit
Medical research into a disease or condition
Dream boats, cars and vacations for winning the lottery
Resources for caring for a loved one
Everything for an upcoming wedding
DIY projects
Hair and makeup ideas
Collections can also be easily shared. Once you have a collection set up, just click share icon in the upper right corner. You can get a link to share or take a picture of the person you want to share with a tweet, Facebook message or email right from your collections page.
Now let’s take a closer look at how to set up your own collections.
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How to use Google Collections
You may have saved a collection or two without realizing it. To check this go to google.com/collections.
Start a new collection on a computer:
Go to google.com/collections.
Select on the left New collection and give it a name. click OK to save it.
Now you can search for things to add.
You can save articles to any collections you create directly from Google search results.
Do a search on google.com and click the desired result.
Click the above Three-point more option and search Add to. You can’t save this item to a collection if it doesn’t exist there.
This saves the item to your most recent collection. To select a different one, click change > Choose your collection.
You can also do this on your phone.
Start a new collection on Android or iPhone:
Open the Google app.
Tap below collections > Look at your collections > New collection.
Give the collection a name and tap Create.
To save items, do a search in the Google app, tap and select the result Add to above.
To save images, do a search on the Google app and tap the image. Choose More > Add to.
There you have it.
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