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title: "Lists"
canonical: https://syncek.com/docs/your-data/lists
locale: en
author: "Syncek"
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# Lists

A **list** in Syncek is a subset of one object's records that you put together
yourself, and it appears under **Lists** in the sidebar. Unlike a view, which
follows a rule, a list keeps the records you added until somebody removes them, and
it can carry attributes of its own.

## A list is not a view

- A [view](https://syncek.com/docs/views/saved-views) shows every record matching a rule. Records join and
  leave on their own.
- A **list** holds the records you added. They stay until somebody [removes them](https://syncek.com/docs/your-data/deleting-records).

Use a view for "all open opportunities over ten thousand". Use a list for "the
forty accounts we are going after this quarter", because that set is a decision.

## Attributes that belong to the list

A list can carry attributes of its own. An account has a name and an owner; its
place in your Q3 target list has a priority and a next step, and those belong to the
list. Delete the list and the account is not left carrying stale fields.

## Working with lists

- **Create one** in **Settings, then Data, then Lists**.
- **Add records** from any table with **Add to list**, or from a record page.
- **Give it views**, exactly like an object.