# Create a notebook
Notebooks in UpNote help you organize your notes into clear categories, making it easier to manage your ideas, projects, and tasks. You can create as many notebooks as you need and arrange them to fit your workflow.
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### On **desktop**
1. Click the **`+`** button next to the **`NOTEBOOKS`** label in the sidebar.\
2. Enter notebook name in the text box.
3. Select the parent notebook if you want.
4. Choose to lock the notebook if you want.
5. Select or add a notebook cover.
* To add your own cover, click the 
button in the cover section.
* Select the image you want to set as cover.
* UpNote will crop your image to fit the size of the cover. If you would like to create a cover image of the exact size, please use a ratio of 110 x 135 pixels.
6. Press **`Enter`** or click the **`Create`** button to create the notebook\
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### On mobile
If you are in the "All Notes" screen, you can tap the **`...`** icon the bottom right corner and select **`+ New Notebook`**\
You can also add a new notebook by tapping the **`+`** button next to the **`NOTEBOOKS`** label in the sidebar (To open the sidebar, swipe right from the left edge of the note lists screen)\
Then, fill up the details of the notebook:\
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1. Enter notebook name in the text box
2. Select the parent notebook if you want
3. Choose to lock the notebook if you want
4. Select or add a notebook cover
* To add your own cover, tap the **`Add`** button in the cover section
* Select the image you want to set as cover
5. Tap **`Done`** in the upper right of the screen to create the notebook
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