How to Use Perplexity Collections: 1-Min Guide

How to Use Perplexity Collections

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June 5, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to organize research with Perplexity Collections.

Quick summary

Perplexity Collections let you group related threads and set custom AI instructions to maintain a consistent research environment. This guide walks you through creating and configuring a new Collection or Space inside your Perplexity account.

Steps

Log in to your Perplexity account.
Go to the Library tab on the left panel.
Click the '+' button in the Collections/Space section.
Name your new collection or space.
Select the option to customize your AI-powered research preferences.
Set your custom AI instructions for the collection.
Click Continue to proceed and save your settings.
Your Perplexity Collection is ready to help you group threads and maintain a consistent research environment.

📌 Why this matters

Perplexity Collections solve a critical problem for power users: keeping AI-assisted research organized and contextually consistent across multiple sessions. By grouping related threads into dedicated Collections and setting custom AI instructions per space, users can eliminate repetitive context-setting and get more relevant, targeted answers from the start. This feature is especially valuable for researchers, analysts, and knowledge workers who run multiple parallel projects and need each AI conversation to stay focused. Collections effectively turn Perplexity from a single-query tool into a structured, persistent AI research workspace.

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