If you need to move elements around your Canva canvas, group them. Grouping elements in Canva not only saves time but also keeps design spacing correct.
How to group and ungroup Canva elements from the browser
Grouping elements on Canva allows you to move multiple elements around your artboard in one quick motion. It also ensures that small layouts in the design stay consistent, such as a logo with a typeface underneath. Grouping in Canva is non-destructive, so you can easily ungroup your objects at any time.
Before grouping components together, you must first select them. You can select multiple elements in Canva in a few different ways.
Click and drag to select
If the elements you want to select and group are together, the easiest way to select them is to click and drag the cursor over that area.
Hovering over a component displays a purple box around the component's boundary. Clicking the cursor and dragging over components displays a translucent purple box indicating the selected components, while individual components retain their purple boundaries. This helps you visualize which elements are selected or not.
You don't have to drag across the entire area of each element you want to select, just whatever part of each element is within your dragged boundary will appear in the area you selected.
Use the Group and Ungroup buttons
There are many hidden features in Canva, but groups aren't one of them; The Group button is easy to see.
When selecting two or more objects, a floating toolbar will appear according to your selection. This toolbar features a Group button along with the related Canva AI tools, Duplicate, Lock, Delete and More. Select Group will put your selected elements in a group together.
Dropping a group is just as easy. Select any element in the group and select Ungroup. Ungrouping your Canva will return each component as individually movable and independent.
Right click to group and ungroup
Select the elements you want to group, then right-click and select Group from the menu.
Do the opposite to ungroup objects: Right-click on the group and select Ungroup from options. This will again bring your previously grouped elements back into independent elements.
How to group and ungroup elements in Canva apps
The Canva app is a great choice for designing on the go, but it works differently than the web version of Canva. Let's look at how you can select, group, and ungroup elements on the Canva mobile or tablet app.
Select elements in the Canva app
Because the Canva app uses touch technology, selecting elements is a bit different than using a cursor or keys Shift on browser version.
To select an individual element in the Canva app, tap the element once until a purple box surrounds it.
After selecting the first element, a floating toolbar will appear. Click “…” to open the menu Morethen select Select Multiple. Then, tap any other element you want to select; Each component will have a purple box, and the group of selected components will be linked in a box with white dots. Menu actions Select Multiple also indicates the number of selected ingredients in red, so you can keep track.
Tips: To deselect, simply tap anywhere else on your Canva canvas.
How to group elements in a Canva app
When multiple components are selected, you will be in the menu Morewhere you'll find the Group tool.
Press Group and the white dotted boundary with multiple components selected in the purple box will transform into a large purple box representing the created grouped component. This is expressed again by the number above Select Multiplecurrently is 1.
To ungroup elements in a Canva app, select the group and the floating toolbar now offers the option Ungroup. If it doesn't appear, select it “…” on the floating toolbar and select Ungroup since.
