Using Favorites and Collections in Quip

Adding a Document to Favorites

To favorite a document:

1. Open the document you want to favorite.
2. Click the star icon (★) in the top right corner of the document. The star turns yellow and the document is added to your Favorites drawer.
3. To access your favorites, click the star icon in the left sidebar to expand the Favorites drawer.

Tip: Keep your favorites list focused — favoriting too many documents defeats the purpose of quick access. Aim to favorite only documents you return to weekly or more frequently.

Example: A sales rep favorites their key account plans, their territory overview document, and the team's shared pipeline tracker — giving them one-click access to their three most critical documents each morning.

Removing a Document from Favorites

To unfavorite a document, click the star icon again (it returns to an outline), or right-click the document in the Favorites drawer and select Remove from Favorites.

Creating a Collection

Collections are named groups within your Favorites drawer. To create one:

1. Open the Favorites drawer by clicking the star icon in the sidebar.
2. Click the + icon in the top right of the drawer, or click the star icon on a document and select New Collection.
3. Enter a name for the collection and click Create.
   
   

Adding a Document to a Collection

1. Click the star icon on the document to open the favorites menu.
2. Select the collection to add the document to from the list.

To view collection contents, expand the collection in the Favorites drawer. Collections show a notification count when documents inside them have new activity.

Renaming and Deleting Collections

Right-click on a collection name in the Favorites drawer to rename or delete it. When you delete a collection, all documents inside are removed from favorites — the documents themselves are not deleted.

Favorites on Mobile

Tap the star icon on any document in the Quip mobile app to add it to your favorites. To add to a collection, tap Favorites and select the collection. Note: you can add documents to existing collections on mobile, but you cannot create a new collection from the mobile app — create new collections on desktop first.

To remove a document from favorites on mobile, swipe left on the document in the Favorites list and tap Remove.