# Manage a collection

## Creating a new collection 

You can create a collection directly from the `Create` button in the "Collections" menu or from the "Manage my Spot" shortcut. You can choose to create a live or a replay.

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A drawer will appear allowing you to set up this collection:&#x20;

1. Choose an **icon** (optional), a **name** (mandatory), and a **description** (optional).&#x20;
2. Define its **accessibility**, i.e. the members of the Spot are able to see the items in this collection.&#x20;
   * Select `Public` if you want all members of your Spot to be able to see this collection.&#x20;
   * Select `Private` if you want to select which Spot members will have access to this content.&#x20;
3. Click on `Create`: your collection is ready to receive content! :clap:

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Find out how to share access to a private collection with members or groups of members:

{% content-ref url="share-access-to-private-collection" %}
[share-access-to-private-collection](https://help.meltingspot.io/english/spot-content/collections/share-access-to-private-collection)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Edit and delete a collection&#x20;

Once in your collection, you can edit or delete it at any time. Click on the **pencil** icon that appears in the banner of your collection:

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Once the collection's edit panel is open, change its **icon**, **name** or **description** at any time, then click `Save`.

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It is also from this panel that you can <mark style="color:red;">**delete your collection**</mark> :x:. If you click on the `Delete Collection` button, a confirmation window appears.

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If you choose to delete it, **this choice will be definitive and irreversible**: all the content from the collection will be deleted. *Use with caution* :wink:

## Reordering documents&#x20;

Within a collection, you can reorder documents. By default, they are ordered by date modified. To reorder documents :&#x20;

* Click on the `Reorder` icon&#x20;
* A side panel opens with the list of documents in the collection.&#x20;
* You can change the order of documents by dragging and dropping to the left of the document names.&#x20;
* Click on the `Save` button to apply the new order.&#x20;

{% hint style="info" %}
The order of documents in collections does not affect the order of the `All documents` section. In this section, documents are ordered by date modified.
{% endhint %}


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