# Create a notebook

In UpNote, you can add your notes of the same topic into notebooks. You can even create nested notebooks to better get organized. 

### On **desktop**

1. Click the **`+`** button next to the **`NOTEBOOKS`** label in the sidebar\
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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 <img src="https://3053791484-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFt4LISrSRa6fHrbSIdcE%2Fuploads%2FhSaD8dWqYDi9nTMvCt3q%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=3652a38f-21c6-462e-8be8-4c5df3f65ce4" alt="" data-size="line">button in the cover section
   * Select the image you want to set as cover&#x20;
6. Press **`Enter`** or click the **`Create`** button to create the notebook\
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### On mobile

1. Click the **`+`** button next to the **`NOTEBOOKS`** label in the sidebar (you can swipe right from the left edge of the note lists screen to reveal the sidebar)\
   ![](https://3053791484-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFt4LISrSRa6fHrbSIdcE%2Fuploads%2FPkkbKJCmLXCN19s1ukXY%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=7e200016-1322-4b05-bf05-6267112845f7)
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, tap the **`Add`** button in the cover section
   * Select the image you want to set as cover
6. Tap **`Done`** in the upper right of the screen to create the notebook<br>