--- title: Using Lists to Organize Your Contacts description: Lists allow you to organize your contacts into groups of people that share the same characteristics and may regularly receive the same messages. 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[SlickText Help Center](https://help.slicktext.com/) 2. [Audience and Contacts](https://help.slicktext.com/audience-and-contacts) # Using Lists to Organize Your Contacts   In SlickText, **lists** let you organize contacts into groups that share common characteristics and often receive the same messages — similar to email distribution lists. Contacts can belong to one or more lists, or to no list at all. You can add contacts to a list manually, during the opt-in process, or automatically via an [automated workflow](https://help.slicktext.com/understanding-workflow-objects). You can also remove contacts from a list without deleting them from SlickText. Lists are similar to [segments](https://help.slicktext.com/create-audience-segments-to-better-target-your-contacts), but they serve different purposes. Lists are **static** — a contact stays on a list until you manually remove them or a workflow removes them. [Segments](https://help.slicktext.com/create-audience-segments-to-better-target-your-contacts), by contrast, are **dynamic** and filter contacts automatically based on conditions you define. A contact who qualifies today may not qualify tomorrow if their data changes. For example: *“Subscribed date is less than 30 days ago”* or *“Membership status is active."* In this Article: [Creating a List in SlickText](https://help.slicktext.com/using-lists-to-organize-your-contacts#List) [Adding Existing Contacts to a List Manually](https://help.slicktext.com/using-lists-to-organize-your-contacts#Existing_Contacts) [Automatically Add Contacts to a List When They Subscribe](https://help.slicktext.com/using-lists-to-organize-your-contacts#Automatic_Add) [Adding Contacts to a List When You Create the Contact](https://help.slicktext.com/using-lists-to-organize-your-contacts#Add_List) [Removing Existing Contacts from a List Manually](https://help.slicktext.com/using-lists-to-organize-your-contacts#Remove_Contact)   ### **Creating a List in SlickText** Lists let you group contacts who will often receive the same messages. When you create a campaign, you can target one or more lists. See [Send or Schedule Mass Text Messages](https://help.slicktext.com/send-or-schedule-mass-text-messages) to learn more. You must create a list before you can target it in a campaign. 1. Once you’ve logged into SlickText, click on **Audience** on the left navigation bar and choose **Lists**. 2. Click on the **Create List** button in the top right corner of the page. 3. Enter the name of your list under List Name and add a description if you would like. 4. Your list is created. You can now add contacts to it using any of the methods described in this article.   ### **Adding Existing Contacts to a List Manually** You can add one or more contacts to a list. A contact must already exist in SlickText.  1. Once you’ve logged into SlickText, click on **Audience** on the left navigation bar and choose **Contacts**. 2. Sort or filter your contacts list to reveal the contacts you intend to add or remove from the list. 3. Use the checkboxes to the left of the contacts to select the ones that you intend to add to a list. You can also click the box in the header row to select all contacts on the page or all contacts that match the filters. Click the **Actions** menu at the top and choose **Add to Lists**. 4. Pick up to five lists and select **Add to Lists**. **Note:** Contacts can be on more than five lists. If you want to add contacts to more than five lists, repeat the instructions above for the additional lists.   ### **Automatically Add Contacts to a List When They Subscribe** SlickText’s list growth tools are powerful ways to grow your contacts by allowing them to subscribe to your brand. When contacts subscribe to your brand using one of SlickText’s list growth tools, they can also be added to any of your lists automatically.  1. Go to the settings for the list growth tool you want to use to automatically add new contacts to a list and click on **Contact Behavior**.  - [Keywords](https://help.slicktext.com/use-keywords-to-make-it-easy-for-people-to-opt-in-or-receive-automated-messages-from-you) - [Website Popups](https://help.slicktext.com/create-a-branded-popup-for-your-website) - [Online Landing Pages](https://help.slicktext.com/create-an-online-landing-page-or-webform-for-your-website) - [Tap-to-Join-Links](https://help.slicktext.com/make-it-easy-to-subscribe-with-mobile-tap-to-join-links) 2. Under Contact Behavior, select **Add to List**. 3. Choose one or more lists. When a contact subscribes using this tool, they will automatically get added to the list(s) you selected.   ### **Adding Contacts to a List When You Create the Contact** When you create a contact in SlickText, you can add them to one or more lists. See [Creating Contacts Manually](https://help.slicktext.com/importing-contacts-in-bulk-or-creating-them-one-at-a-time-1) to learn more.   ### **Removing Existing Contacts from a List Manually** You can remove one or more contacts from a list.  1. Once you’ve logged into SlickText, click on **Audience** on the left navigation bar and choose **Contacts**. 2. Sort or filter your contacts list to reveal the contacts you intend to remove from the list. 3. Use the checkboxes to the left of the contacts to select the ones that you intend to remove from the list. You can also click the box in the header row to select all contacts on the page or all contacts that match the filters. 4. Click the **Actions** menu at the top and choose **Remove from Lists**. 5. Pick up to 5 lists and select **Remove from Lists**. **Note:**  Contacts can be on more than five lists. 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