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# Organize Procreate Gallery Stacks Without Losing Track of Artwork
- URL: https://theprocreate.com/learn/procreate-gallery-stacks/
- Published: 2026-10-30T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-02T14:12:52.000Z
- Description: Create and rename Gallery Stacks, add artwork after the blue-flash cue, and move canvases back out. Keep organization separate from a verified backup.
- Author: Robert Rios
- Tags: learn, #topic-start-here, #section-start-here-set-up-the-drawing

To organize artwork in the Procreate Gallery, tap Select, pick the artworks, then tap Stack. A [Stack groups artwork thumbnails inside the Gallery](https://help.procreate.com/procreate/handbook/gallery/gallery-organize?ref=theprocreate.com). If an artwork seems to have vanished, open your **Stacks** before starting recovery steps. A Stack is an organizational view, **not a backup**, so keep a separate verified copy of important artwork before deleting, resetting, or reinstalling anything.

## Create a Stack and give it a useful name

In Gallery, tap **Select**, [tap the artworks you want to group, then tap **Stack**](https://help.procreate.com/procreate/handbook/gallery/gallery-organize?ref=theprocreate.com). The Handbook also describes a drag route: drag one artwork thumbnail onto another, and when the lower thumbnail turns blue, drop the first onto it to make a Stack. Name it after the way you look for work. A client, a project, or a series is more useful than a generic "Finished" pile.

New Stacks are named **Stack** by default. [Tap the title to rename the Stack](https://help.procreate.com/procreate/handbook/gallery/gallery-organize?ref=theprocreate.com), the same way you'd rename an individual artwork. Several Stacks with the default name can make the Gallery look orderly while a particular drawing gets harder to locate.

![Two selected urban sketches become a Gallery Stack named City sketches.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/87/95/8795a9f5-73f0-42fe-8d7c-6a02022d8b40/content/images/2026/10/procreate-gallery-stacks-body1-redo-v2.webp)

Select the intended artworks, create the Stack, then tap its title to give the group a useful project name.

Before organizing a large Gallery, I'd rehearse on two expendable or already backed-up works. Make a Stack, open it, and confirm that both thumbnails are inside. A quick look at the contents makes an accidental drop easier to spot before you move more artwork.

## Add work without making a second Stack

To place another artwork inside an existing Stack, drag it over that Stack and [**hold until the Stack flashes blue twice**](https://help.procreate.com/procreate/handbook/gallery/gallery-organize?ref=theprocreate.com). Once the Stack opens, drop the artwork among the thumbnails inside.

![A held kiosk thumbnail opens the City sketches Stack before being dropped among its artworks.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/87/95/8795a9f5-73f0-42fe-8d7c-6a02022d8b40/content/images/2026/10/procreate-gallery-stacks-body2-redo-v3.webp)

Hold over the existing Stack until it flashes blue twice and opens; then drop the artwork inside.

Releasing a thumbnail too early over another artwork can create a different Stack instead of adding to the intended one. That's why I'd look inside the destination after the drop rather than rely on where the thumbnail seemed to land.

You can also rearrange artwork and Stacks in the Gallery by dragging their thumbnails. Dragging changes the organization only. The underlying content of a canvas stays the same. If you need an independent safety copy, follow the [artwork backup and verification guide](https://theprocreate.com/export-print/backup-procreate-artwork/) before treating any cleanup as reversible.

## Move a canvas back to the Gallery

Open the Stack, pick up one or more artwork thumbnails, then [use another finger to tap the **< Stack** return control](https://help.procreate.com/procreate/handbook/gallery/gallery-organize?ref=theprocreate.com) at the top left. Drop the held artwork back in the Gallery. The Handbook also describes dragging the held items over that return control to leave the Stack. Confirm that the artwork appears in the main Gallery before moving or deleting anything else.

![The held Bridge artwork moves from City sketches to a separate Gallery position while Station and Kiosk remain in the Stack.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/87/95/8795a9f5-73f0-42fe-8d7c-6a02022d8b40/content/images/2026/10/procreate-gallery-stacks-body3-redo-v1.webp)

Keep holding the artwork as you return to Gallery, then drop it beside the Stack and confirm its location.

If checking the Stacks doesn't locate the canvas, follow the [missing-artwork recovery guide](https://theprocreate.com/fixes/procreate-recover-artwork/) and inspect verified external copies. Reorganizing thumbnails can't recover a deleted file.