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 Forum Discussion
senioruserfriendly
4 years agoOccasional Contributor
Can someone explain the difference between:
 
 Identities 
 Categories 
 Tags 
 Vaults 
 Collections 
 Accounts 
 
 They all seem to be ways of organizing your information.  What would be a reason one would choose one over another.   Thanks. 
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GreyM1P 1Password Team
1Password Team
3 years agoI'm not much of an artist, so I'll do my best to explain the difference below as briefly as possible.
- Every item is in a vault.
- Each vault is in an account. There may be multiple vaults in an account.
- Collections are a selection of one or more vaults from one or more accounts.
- Tags are labels applied to items and exist outside of any hierarchy.
Here's a rough map of how this looks:
```
— Account 1
—— Vault 1 ()
—— Vault 2 ()
—— Vault 3
– Account 2
—— Vault 1
—— Vault 2 (*)
```
(*) These vaults can be in the same collection, even though they're across multiple accounts.
You could apply any tag to any item, in any vault, in any account, and find them using the Tags sidebar, no matter where those items are.
Hope that helps, but I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have. :)
