Zones & Linked Containers

Zones are sub-areas inside a space — think 'Top Shelf', 'Left Drawer', or 'Back Corner'. Once a space has zones, its containers are grouped under tabs so even a packed garage or storage unit stays easy to scan. Zones are free and there's no limit on how many you create.

Open a space and tap Add Zone. You can rename, reorder, or delete zones anytime. Deleting a zone never deletes containers — they simply move back to 'Unassigned'.

Long-press the container and pick a zone from the list. Containers without a zone show under the 'Unassigned' tab, and the 'All' tab always shows everything in the space.

An item that's also a container. Take a toolbox: it's a possession worth tracking (it lives in a cabinet and has a value), but it also holds things. Linking gives it both identities — it stays an item where it's stored, and opens as a container to reveal what's inside.

Open the item, tap Advanced, then tap Create Linked Container — or choose Link Existing Container to connect a container you already have. SnapFind links them in both directions: the button becomes 'View Contents' with a live item count, and in the space view the linked container shows a 'Stored in' label so you always know where the physical object lives.

Open the item, tap Advanced, then tap Unlink Container. Only the connection is removed — the container, its items, and the original item all stay exactly where they are.

Rule of thumb: if the thing holding items is itself a possession you'd want in your inventory — a toolbox, camera bag, tackle box, or board game organizer — link it. If it's just storage (a plastic bin, cardboard box, or shelf), a regular container is simpler. And if the container already exists, you never need to recreate it — use 'Stored inside' to move it into another container as-is.

Open the container, tap the pencil to edit it, and under Location tap the 'Stored inside' row — or long-press its card in the space view. Pick the destination and confirm. The container keeps all its items and its QR code, appears as an item inside the outer container, and its card stays in the space with a 'Stored in' label. To take it back out, tap the same row.

On the space screen, tap the button in the top-right corner, then press the delete icon next to the zone you want to remove. Deleting a zone never deletes your containers — they simply move to the 'Unassigned' tab.

Yes — every space can hold up to 10 reference photos: the overall layout, what's on the top shelf, how it looked before you packed. Add them right on the space screen from the Photos strip, or while editing the space. They're just for you — reference photos are never scanned or turned into items.

Yes. On the Spaces screen tap Edit, then press and hold any space and drag it where you want it — the order you set is the order you'll always see. Zones inside a space and your locations work the same way: press, hold and drag to rearrange them.

It's the inbox for anything you added in a hurry without picking a container. Snap now, decide later — items land in the Drop Zone and wait for you there. It shows what's inside and how long the oldest thing has been sitting, and one tap on Put away walks you through filing everything into real containers.

Yes. Not everything lives in a bin — the TV on the wall, the bike in the garage, the lamp in the corner. Open the space and you'll see a row of its loose items: tap + (or Add loose item) to snap one straight into the space. If the space has zones, each zone gets its own row, so you can add straight into a zone. To move something you already have, pick No container at the top of the move list; and to empty out a container you no longer use, press and hold it and choose Convert to loose items. Loose items count toward the space's items and value, just not its containers.

Extras you switch on only if you need them: Drop Zone, Checked Out, My Move, Declutter and Wardrobe. Each one you turn on gets its own card on your Spaces home. The ones you haven't tried sit under More with SnapFind at the bottom — tap any of them to see what it does before turning it on, or tap Not for me to put it away for a while. You can switch any mode on or off anytime in Settings > Home modes, or press and hold its card on the Spaces home.