# Is it possible to create a smart group containing favorites?

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**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Created:** [September 29, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-smart-group-containing-favorites/66882 "2021-09-29T17:56:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![rufus123](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@rufus123](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rufus123)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-smart-group-containing-favorites/66882/1 "2021-09-29T17:56:36Z")

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thanks very much in advance for your time and help

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-smart-group-containing-favorites/66882/2 "2021-09-29T18:37:18Z")

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No, this isn’t possible unless you had some matching criteria. For example, you could add a tag like **isFavorite** , tag favorited items with it, and use that tag as the matching criterion.

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**Author:** ![rufus123](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@rufus123](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rufus123)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-smart-group-containing-favorites/66882/3 "2021-09-29T19:02:14Z")

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thank you Jim. One problem is that my favorites are constantly changing. The tag would have to self delete when the item is removed from favorites.

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-smart-group-containing-favorites/66882/4 "2021-09-30T13:05:40Z")

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You’re welcome.  
I’m curious why you’d need a smart group when the Favorites are already accessible in the Navigate sidebar.

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**Author:** ![rufus123](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@rufus123](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rufus123)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-smart-group-containing-favorites/66882/5 "2021-10-01T05:14:22Z")

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you are right and I was totally confused. I stupidly did not realize that by clicking on them one navigates automatically to their location. Sorry !

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-smart-group-containing-favorites/66882/6 "2021-10-01T13:55:26Z")

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No worries! You’re actually not the first to ask about this. 🙂