Everything You Need to Know About Firefox Collections

Firefox Collections is a handy feature within the popular browser to organize tabs. Here's everything you need to know about it.

If you’ve ever needed one more reason to dump Chrome for Firefox, then the Firefox Collections feature might just be what you need. It adds another feather to Firefox’s well-decorated cap.

Firefox Collections allows you to create collections of the things that matter to you. It is currently a mobile-only feature, and it brings a whole new experience to mobile browsing by helping you to organize and manage your tabs much more efficiently.

In this article, you’ll learn more about Firefox Collections, what it is, how it works, and how it compares to Firefox bookmarks.

What Are Firefox Collections?

You can think of Firefox Collections as a collection of related tabs. With Collections, you can easily group together similar searches, sites, and lists for easy access when you need them. It can help you to become a better, more organized tabs collector.

Say you’re conducting research on the best websites to prank your friends. You can create a Best Prank Sites Collection for this purpose. You can actually create Collections for just about anything like work, vacation, school, parenting, diet, pets, etc.

How to Use Collections in Firefox

To use Firefox Collections, you'll need the latest version of Firefox for mobile. If for any reason, your version is outdated, you can easily update your Firefox browser and enable automatic updates.

If you've used any other tab management features before, Collections will feel familiar. Here's how to create your first Firefox Collections.

1. Open your Firefox mobile browser.
2. Scroll down to the Collections section at the bottom of the page.
3. Tap on Save tabs to Collections.
4. Tap to select a tab from your tabs list. You can select multiple tabs.
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5. Tap on the Collections button to the left of the Share button.
6. Enter a name for your Collection and tap OK when done.
7. Your Collection will be saved. You can tap View to view it.

To create additional Collections, the process is similar:

1. Open the website that you want to save to Collections.
2. Tap on the three dots button in the upper-right corner.
3. Scroll down the menu options and tap on Save to collection.
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4. Tap on the Add new collection button.
5. Enter a name for your new Collection and okay it.

When next you launch your Firefox browser, you can see your saved Collections listed under the Collections section.

How to Manage Your Firefox Collections

You can create as many Collections as you want, and it's super easy to manage your Collections on Firefox.

Here's how:

1. Launch your Firefox browser.
2. Scroll down to your Collections.
3. Tap on the Collection's name or on the drop-down button.
4. To open a single tab, simply tap on the website. To close it, tap on X.
5. To open all the tabs in the Collection, tap on the three dots button and tap on Open tabs.
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6. To share a Collection, tap on the Share button and select your destination.
7. Tap on Rename collection to change the name.
8. To remove a Collection, tap on Delete collection.

What's the Difference Between Collections and Bookmarks in Firefox

Collections in Firefox are quite similar to bookmarks, except for a few minor differences. At its core, Collections are essentially a group of related tabs, whereas bookmarks are made up of website URLs.

Collections are only supported on Firefox for mobile, whereas bookmarks can be used on mobile as well as desktop. Collections have a better UI, is centered, and is more prominent compared to bookmarks. Also, with Collections, you can more easily avoid clutter.

Collections can be shared, but not exported or imported. On the other hand, Firefox bookmarks can be exported, imported, synced, and shared with others.

Get the Most Out of Your Firefox Collections

There are no limits to what you can do with Firefox Collections. You can create Collections around any theme and start using it to organize your tabs more efficiently. You can also share your Collections with friends and family, so they can see what you've been up to, or with your colleagues and teammates, so you can literally all be on the same page.

Will Collections ever come to desktop? Time will tell, but until then, keep familiarizing yourself with Collections and other fascinating Firefox features.