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Bower gives you a few ways to move, copy, and tidy up your workspace. None of them require you to open a note to act on it.

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The page tree

The left-hand panel is your page tree — a hierarchical view of all your notes and collections. It’s the main way to navigate and organise your workspace. Alongside it you’ll find a collapsible Library (Collections, Artifacts, Protocols, and Equipment) and a Recents list of what you’ve touched lately.

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Drag and drop

Grab any note or collection and drag it. A blue line shows where it will land:
  • Reorder — drop an item between two others to set its position within that level. Reordering works at every level, for both notes and collections.
  • Nest — drop an item onto a collection to move it inside. Collapsed collections auto-expand after a moment while you hover over them, so you can drag deep into the tree in one motion.
The order is shared across the workspace — everyone on your team sees the same arrangement.

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Multi-select bulk actions

For moving, copying, or deleting multiple items at once:
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Select items

Click the checkboxes next to notes or collections to select them. In the table view, hold Shift and click to select all rows between two items.
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Choose an action from the toolbar

A bulk action toolbar appears when items are selected:
  • Move to — move all selected items to a new parent
  • Copy to — copy all selected items to a collection (originals stay in place)
  • Delete — move all selected items to trash
Bulk actions apply to everything in your selection. If you’ve selected a collection, all artifacts within it are included.

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The ⋮ menu

Every note and collection in the page tree has a ⋮ menu (the three-dot icon that appears on hover). This gives you per-item actions without needing to open the item first.
ActionWhat it does
New collectionCreate a collection nested inside this one (collections only)
RenameEdit the note or collection title inline
MoveMove the item to a different collection
CopyDuplicate the item to a collection
Copy linkCopy a direct link to the item
Manage accessOpen access controls for the item
DeleteMove to trash (with confirmation)

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Undoing actions

When you move or copy items, a toast notification appears at the bottom of the screen with an Undo button. You have 5 seconds to undo the action before it’s finalised.

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Deletion and trash

When you delete a note or collection, it is moved to trash — not permanently removed. Trashed items remain available for 30 days, after which they are automatically and permanently deleted.
  • Deleting a collection moves all notes and sub-collections inside it to trash.
  • Undo — a toast notification appears after every delete with an Undo button. Click it to restore the item immediately.
  • Trash page — click Trash in the sidebar (near the bottom) to see all trashed items, restore them individually, or permanently delete them early.
  • Restoring an orphan — if the original parent collection is also in trash, the restored item is placed at the workspace root.
After 30 days, trashed items are permanently removed from the database and file storage. If you need to preserve data long-term, export it before the 30-day window expires.