Alphabetical sort of list in Google Keep

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I'm using Google Keep to make my grocery list and share it with my family. The problem I've found is that when I have many items checked and i want to uncheck one of them (e.g., "ice"), it's very difficult to find it. There's no suggestion when I'm creating a new item in my list, either. So I can create "Ice" 2 times and my list is growing unnecessarily.

Is there any feature to order checked items? Any other suggestion?

Best Answer

Here's how, but this only works for new lists -- it won't work nicely if you already have some items checked:

  • Open your list in Keep (web)
  • Go to overflow menu (3 vertical dots) and choose "Hide Checkboxes" -- your list is now converted into text
  • Copy text to any app that supports sorting (e.g. any spreadsheet app; some text editors support that too)
  • Sort the text
  • Copy it back into the note, overwriting original text
  • Go to overflow menu, pick "Show Checkboxes"

Note, if you already have some items checked, you still have an easy option to delete them all (Keep will ask you about it when you chose "Hide Checkboxes").