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* {{Vh|2.0.2/My Inventory - My Inventory|My Inventory - My Inventory}}
* {{Vh|My Inventory - Recent|My Inventory - Recent}}
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* [http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Inventory-management/ta-p/700093 Inventory management]
* [http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Opening-boxes/ta-p/700185 Opening boxes]
* [http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Sharing-inventory-items/ta-p/700147 Sharing inventory items]
* [http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Inventory-system-folders/ta-p/700095 Inventory system folders]
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It's well worth keeping your inventory organized: It loads faster and you can find stuff easier. Some quick tips:

* Create new folders in {{winlink|My Inventory}} to specifically sort items into. For example, put your favorite dresses in a folder instead of leaving them cluttered with everything else. This comes in handy when trying to make decisions about what to delete.
* If you've assembled an avatar "look" you want to recall later, go to the {{winlink|Appearance_Editor_-_Shape|Appearance Editor}} and click '''Make Outfit'''. It gets saved as a special folder in {{winlink|My Appearance - My Outfits}} which includes links to the original items. This is ''much'' better than being frustrated later if you accidentally changed some clothes and can't find your favorite socks.
** Links, shown as "(link)" next to an item's name, are shortcuts to the original items. This means multiple outfits can refer to a single no-copy item, and is convenient if you like wearing the same no-copy hat across several outfits.
* If you want to have two (or more) views of {{win|My Inventory}} at a single time, use '''File''' > '''New Window'''. This opens a window you can sort independently of the usual inventory sidebar.
* Learn how to use {{winlink|Inventory - Show Filters}} (accessible via {{win|My Inventory}}'s '''File''' > '''Show Filters''') effectively; filters are useful for selectively focusing on a particular item type or types, and recently-received items you want to sort.
* If you're not sure what an inventory item does, put it in a folder labeled <code>TRY ME LATER</code> (or something similar). Put other uncertain items there too. Then, when you have a free block of time, go through all the items in that folder so you can re-sort the ones you want to keep, and trash the ones you don't.
* Deleting inventory items doesn't remove their applied copies. For example, if you use a wood texture on a house but delete that wood texture in your inventory, it stays on the house. This is because our {{xref|asset}} servers need to refer to item dependencies to prevent content from inadvertently breaking.