# How do you reorder database collections in Adalo?

Use Adalo’s database collection sorting controls to organize a long collection list alphabetically or in a preferred working order.

- Canonical URL: https://adalocado.com/answers/reorder-database-collections-in-adalo
- Verification: Community workaround
- Topic: Database and Relationships
- Skill level: Beginner
- Last reviewed: 2026-08-16
- Index status: improve-first

## Short answer

Use the collection sorting control in Adalo’s Database panel to organize the collection list alphabetically or in your preferred order, then confirm the order persists after reopening the builder.

Collection ordering is a builder-organization feature. Use it to find collections faster, but keep record ordering inside the filters and sorting settings of each user-facing list.

## Intended outcome

Frequently used collections are easier to locate without changing records or app behavior.

## Requirements

- An Adalo app with multiple database collections
- Access to the Database panel

## Step by step

1. **Open the Database panel**

   Open the app’s Database area and locate the collection-list sorting control.

2. **Choose the order**

   Select alphabetical sorting or arrange the collections in the preferred working sequence offered by the current builder.

3. **Confirm persistence**

   Reload or reopen the builder and verify the organizational order remains in place.

## Why it works

- Collection ordering changes builder organization, not relationships, record order, or how lists appear to app users.
- Alphabetical order is predictable; a preferred order can keep related or frequently used collections together.

## Common failures

### A duplicated app shows a different collection order

Apply the sorting control again in the duplicated project because builder organization may not carry over exactly.

### Records still appear in the wrong order

Configure sorting on the app’s List component; database collection order does not sort records.

## Testing checklist

- [ ] Close and reopen the builder and confirm the collection order persists.
- [ ] Open a user-facing list and confirm its record sorting is unaffected.
- [ ] The intended collections are easy to find
- [ ] No record or relationship configuration changed
- [ ] User-facing lists retain their own sorting

## Limitations

- The forum release confirms collection-list ordering, but no matching Help Center walkthrough was found during review.
- Builder UI labels can change; this answer distinguishes collection organization from record sorting.

## Community evidence

### [Let us sort Database Collections’ List by preferred order](https://forum.adalo.com/t/64484/4)

Adalo released collection-list sorting in the Database area. Boundary: The accepted post links to a screenshot-led announcement with limited textual instructions.

## Sources

- [Adalo Forum accepted release update](https://forum.adalo.com/t/64484/4)
- [Adalo Forum: Sort collections in the database](https://forum.adalo.com/t/what-do-you-think-sort-collections-in-the-db/59800)

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