QUESTIONS · ORGANIZING NOTEBOOKS
How do I organize NotebookLM notebooks into folders?
Short answer
NotebookLM lists notebooks in one flat grid and has no folders of its own. NotebookLM Ultra Exporter adds collections, which behave like folders, plus tags and up to 5 pinned notebooks. Open the workspace, choose Edit collections and tags on a notebook, and filter the list by collection. It is free.
Steps
- Install NotebookLM Ultra Exporter in desktop Chrome, then refresh any open NotebookLM (Gemini Notebook) tab.
- Open the workspace from the extension icon.
- Select a notebook and choose Edit collections and tags.
- Create a collection, add the notebook, then filter the list by that collection.
What to know
- A notebook can sit in a collection and carry several tags.
- Collections and tags are stored by the extension in your browser, not in your Google account.
- An automation rule can file notebooks automatically by tag or title keyword.
Google changes these menus often. The item's own menu in your notebook shows what is built in today.
Free or Pro?
Free, with no daily export quota and no website account needed. Pro covers the extension only; it does not include a Google subscription or raise NotebookLM's own limits. Current prices are on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Will Google add folders?
Folders are one of the most requested NotebookLM features, but Google has not committed to a date. Check the app for what is built in today.
Related guides
NotebookLM has no folders for notebooks. Ultra Exporter adds collections, which work like folders, plus tags and up to 5 pinned notebooks, so a long notebook.
The workspace is a full-page dashboard for NotebookLM. It lists every notebook, source, Studio output and Audio Overview across your account, with search.
An automation rule runs an action in NotebookLM when something happens: a notebook gets a tag, joins a collection, has a title containing a keyword, or.
The NotebookLM home page shows notebooks as a grid with little filtering, which gets slow past a few dozen.
NotebookLM removes sources one at a time from each source menu. With NotebookLM Ultra Exporter, tick the sources in the Sources panel and choose delete.
NotebookLM has no saved prompts; you retype or paste them each time. NotebookLM Ultra Exporter adds a prompt library: save a prompt once, then type / in the.
Untick the sources you want to exclude in the Sources panel; NotebookLM answers only from ticked sources.
Google documents a limit of 50 sources per notebook on the free tier, with each source limited to 500,000 words or 200 MB.