How to sort Gemini chats by topic with Smart Tags

Step by step

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   Step 1: Open Smart Tags

   Go to gemini.google.com. Click the round AI Toolbox button in the bottom-right corner of the page. A window called AI Toolbox opens with a list of features.

   Click Smart Tags.

   You should see: A window called Smart Tags with counts for Conversations, Categories and Tags Applied.

   
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   Step 2: Click a tag

   Under the counts is a row of tag buttons, starting with All. The built-in tags are Coding, Writing, Research, Math & Science and Business.

   Click one to see only the chats with that tag.

   You should see: A list of chats, each with its colored tags and date.

   
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   Step 3: Open a chat

   Type in the Search chat titles box to narrow the list. Click a chat's title to open it in a new browser tab.

   The small tag button on the right of each row is for changing that chat's Smart Tags. You will use it in step 9.

   You should see: A new tab with that Gemini chat.

   
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   Step 4: Make your own tag

   Click Your tags at the top of the window.

   Type a Tag Name, for example Recipes. In Keywords (optional), type words that belong to it, separated by commas, like soup, bake, dinner. Chats that mention any of these words get the tag on their own. Leave it empty if you want to add chats only by hand. Pick a Tag Color, then click Save tag.

   You should see: The message Tag saved and your tag in the list below. A tag with no keywords says No keywords. You add chats yourself.

   
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   Step 5: Go back to your tags

   Click the Smart Tags button with the arrow at the top left of the window.

   You should see: Your new tag in the row of tag buttons, with the chats that mention your keywords.

   
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   Step 6: File tagged chats in a folder (optional)

   Tick the box next to chats in the list. The bar at the bottom of the window counts them. Click Add to Folder in that bar and pick a folder. This is free.

   On the free plan, Delete in the same bar works on up to 5 chats at a time and Export on one chat as a Text file. Premium removes these limits.

   You should see: The message Chats added to folder.

   
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   Step 7: Add a chat to a Smart Tag from its menu

   On the left side of Gemini, move your mouse over a chat and click its three dots. Click Smart Tags, just below Add to Folder. In an open chat, the same item is in the three dots in the top-right corner of the page.

   A window called Smart Tags opens with every tag. Click a tag to tick it, then click the Add button at the bottom. It shows how many tags you are adding, like Add (1). To make a new tag here, type a name under Create a new Smart Tag, click Add, then save. Click Close when you are done.

   You should see: The message Smart Tags saved, and the tag ticked in the window.

   
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   Step 8: Add several chats to a tag at once

   In the big Smart Tags window, click a tag in the row of tag buttons. Under the tags, click Add chats to and the tag's name.

   Tick the chats you want, or type in the search box to find them, then click the Add button. It shows how many, like Add 3. The free plan adds up to 5 chats at a time.

   You can also tick chats in the list and click Smart Tags in the bar at the bottom.

   You should see: The message Smart Tags saved, and the chats you picked now show in that tag's list.

   
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   Step 9: Take a chat out of a tag

   Open the chat's Smart Tags window again: click Smart Tags in its three-dot menu, or the small tag button on the right of its row in the big Smart Tags window (it says Smart Tags for this chat).

   Click the ticked tag to untick it, then click Remove at the bottom. This works for tags that were added on their own too. AI Toolbox remembers it, so the chat stays out of that tag.

   You should see: The message Removed from Smart Tags, and the tag no longer ticked.

   

That's it. You have finished every tutorial in this section.

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