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Searching and viewing your collections list

A list of your collections is displayed on the Collections page in your Shopify admin. The list includes information such as the number of items that are contained in each collection, any automatic product selection conditions, and the number of sales channels that a collection is available to.

You can create and customize your collection views to include searches, filters, and sorting that help you access and organize your list of collections. Learn more about searching, filtering, and sorting your list views in the Shopify admin.

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To find collections based on words that are in their titles or descriptions, use the Search and filter field to enter specific search terms. You can use search terms in combination with filters to display more specific search results.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.

  2. Optional: To search in a collections view that you previously saved, click All, and then select the saved view that you want to search in.

  3. Click the Search and filter field.

  4. Optional: Select a search filter and value to refine your search with.

  5. Enter your search term.

  6. Optional: To save a new collections view, or to update a previously saved collections view, click Save > Save as new view, or Save > Update view.

Sort your collection list

You can sort your collection list by using the following sort options:

  • Title: A-Z or Z-A
  • Updated: Oldest first or newest first

Sorting affects the order of the collections in your Shopify admin, but not in your online store or menus. Learn more about changing the layout or appearance of a collection.

Steps:

Desktop

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.

  2. Click the Layout Columns 3 icon.

  3. In the Sort by menu, select a sort option.

  4. Optional: In the Columns section, customize your view's columns by doing any of the following actions:

    • To hide a column, click View.
    • To unhide a column, click Hide.
    • To rearrange a column, click Drag handle, and then drag the column up or down.
Mobile

  1. From the Shopify app, tap the Menu icon.

  2. In the Products menu, tap the arrow down icon, and then tap Collections.

  3. Tap the Sort icon.

  4. Select a sort option.

Filter your collection list

By default, all of your collections are listed in the Collections page. You can filter this list to display a smaller subset of collections. You can also use search terms in combination with filters to display more specific search results.

Filtering your collection list can help you find the specific collections that you need to edit, review, or update. You can filter your collection list with the Channel option, which displays the collections that are included or excluded for a particular sales channel. Some sales channels might display multiple channel connections with more than one region or account for you to filter collections from.

All filters display in-line in the search bar, so you get a full view of the criteria influencing your search results. You can also use is/is not and or/and logical operators to create more advanced views with specific filter criteria.

Steps:

Desktop

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.

  2. Optional: Click All to open the view menu, and then select the view that you want to filter.

  3. In the Search and filter field, select an operator and value for your filter. The available values are different depending on the filter that you select.

  4. Optional: Continue typing keywords to add different filters and values to refine your search:

    • To include an additional filter with an and operator to your search, click Plus Circle Icon or add a space, and then start typing the name of the additional filter that you want to include.
    • To include an additional value with an or operator to a filter, add a comma, and then start typing the name of the additional value that you want to include.

  5. Optional: Click the filter tags of any filter in the search bar to edit the filter.

  6. Optional: To save your current sequence of filters as a new view, click Save > Save as new view.

Mobile

  1. From the Shopify app, tap the Menu icon.

  2. In the Products menu, tap the arrow down icon, and then tap Collections.

  3. Tap the filter icon.

  4. Select a filter category to filter your collections by.

  5. Select a value for the specific filter. The available values are different depending on the filter that you select.

Collection views

A collection view is a customized view of your collections based on criteria that you set up to help you complete a task more efficiently. Collection views are displayed as tabs on the top of the Collections page. You can customize collection views, and create, duplicate, rename, edit, or delete views. When you create a new collection view, it's added as a new tab on the Collections page.

Create a collection view

You can create a collection view based on filters and search terms.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.

  2. Customize the list items that display in your default All view by searching, adding filters, or editing the included columns when applicable.

  3. Click Save.

  4. In the Save view as dialog, give your new view a name.

  5. Click Save.

Create a new collection view by duplicating an existing view

You can create a new collection view by duplicating an existing view. You can then edit the filters applied to the new view to customize it.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.

  2. Click All to open the view menu, and then select the custom view that you want to duplicate.

  3. Click the name of the custom view to re-open the view menu, and then click Horizontal menu > Duplicate view.

  4. In the Duplicate view dialog, update your duplicate view's name, and then click Create view.

Edit the filters in a collection view

You can edit the filters in a collection view if you want the view to contain different collections. If a collection view contains search terms, then you will only be able to save the updated view as a new collection view instead of updating the existing view.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.

  2. Click All to open the view menu, and then select the custom view that you want to edit.

  3. In the search bar, click Show view filters and then update the existing in-line filters or keywords.

  4. Click Save > Update view.

Rename a collection view

You can rename a collection view if the existing name isn't what you want it to be.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.

  2. Click All to open the view menu, and then select the custom view that you want to rename.

  3. Click the name of the custom view to re-open the view menu, and then click Horizontal menu > Rename view.

  4. In the Rename view dialog, update your view's name, and then click Save.

Delete a collection view

Deleting a collection view can't be undone. Deleted views aren't available in your admin.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.

  2. Click All to open the view menu, and then select the custom view that you want to delete.

  3. Click the name of the custom view to re-open the view menu, and then click Horizontal menu > Delete view.

  4. In the Delete view? dialog, click Delete view.