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title: "How do I create collections?"
date: "2025-01-09T14:46:21+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to create and manage collections in your digital asset management system. Discover multiple ways to add assets, create new collections, and remove items efficiently."
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Assets can be added to new or existing [collections](/acquia-dam/what-are-collections "What are collections?") from search results, the uploader, Asset Digest, and Asset Details page. You need the Administrate Global Collections [permission](What-does-each-permission-mean) to create global collections. Anyone can create a personal collection. When naming collections, [avoid using certain characters](Are-there-good-and-bad-characters-for-filenames) that can cause errors. 

From classic search results
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On the search results page, select one or multiple assets, and then in the Selection panel, click the Add icon. Click **Add to collection**. 
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![Select Add to collection from the Selection panel to add assets to a new or existing collection.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/22a14e8b-f268-4646-942a-edce4a5aedc5/web/ka0Pb0000006rWH00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lw1E.png)

Choose to create a new collection or add to an existing [global or personal collection](/acquia-dam/what-are-collections "What are collections?").

![Add to collection modal](https://acquia.widen.net/content/b0a6c1aa-d6a7-4d8b-89db-792edb182b69/web/ka0Pb0000006rWH00N6g00000WDN1a0EMPb000003fL6n.png)




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From the uploader
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Creating new collections and adding assets to existing collections looks much the same during upload. On the Review and Edit page, select one or multiple assets, then click **Add to** and **Collection**. Choose to create a new collection or add to an existing global or personal collection.  
  

![Review and edit page](https://acquia.widen.net/content/84882b15-7f19-42f4-9077-f4ce644b8572/web/ka0Pb0000006rWH00N6g00000WDN1a0EMPb000003fIlk.png)

  
 

From Asset Digest
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You can create a new collection or add an asset to an existing collection in Asset Digest. In the Asset associations section, with the Collections tab selected, click **Add to collections**. Create a new collection or select personal or global collections to add to – or both.   
  

![adding collections in digest](https://acquia.widen.net/content/33d6ea2a-626e-43cf-b05a-c913ff716c16/web/ka0Pb0000006rWH00N6g00000WDN1a0EMPb000003fKCR.png)

From Asset Details page
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From the Asset Details page, click **Add to collection** in the Collections section of the page. Choose to create a new collection or add to an existing global or personal collection.  
  

![Add single assets to a collection from the Asset Details page.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/db043976-d067-4da9-84ca-9f482362401f/web/ka0Pb0000006rWH00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lw1A.png)

Remove assets from a collection
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If assets no longer need to be included in a collection, they can be removed using the Selection panel. Select the assets to remove, then choose the Options menu and select **Remove from collection**.  
  

![Remove assets from a collection via the Selection panel.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/5f4dae1b-22fc-49c7-873b-4d4aa71f438b/web/ka0Pb0000006rWH00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lw1G.png)

  
  
You can also remove single assets from Asset Digest. In the Asset associations section, with the Collections tab selected, click the Remove icon.   
  

![remove icon](https://acquia.widen.net/content/c9bd0646-8d62-4da6-b58b-bc34de8e8c44/web/ka0Pb0000006rWH00N6g00000WDN1a0EMPb000003fMUH.png)