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Group & Ungroup Elements — live workspace

Lock any set of layers into a single unit, fully reversible, never flattened. Every control below is live: configure, run, and watch the results.

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Try it: group or ungroup elements

Group elements

Ungroup a group

Lists only group layers in this design.

No output yet.
Configure the controls above, then press Run — your result appears here.

Onboarding checklist

  1. To group: choose the design, tick at least two layer checkboxes, and click Group elements . The new group gets its own ID.
  2. To ungroup: choose the design, pick the group layer from the dropdown (it lists only groups), and click Ungroup .
  3. Members return to individual layers with all their original properties intact.
  4. The result card confirms the group ID or how many elements were released; the preview re-renders either way.

Steps tick themselves off as you work — or tap any step to toggle it.

Group & Ungroup Elements techniques

Assorted paintbrushes in wooden holder — Move whole sets as a single unit
Move whole sets as a single unit
Close up of paintbrushes — Lock complex compositions together
Lock complex compositions together
Man hand with cameras — Organize deeply layered artwork
Organize deeply layered artwork
Brown paper texture background with creases — Edit faster by grouping first
Edit faster by grouping first

Keep going

Layout Add a Shape Drop rectangles, circles, stars, polygons and more onto your canvas. Open tool Layout Align Elements Snap two or more layers to a shared edge or center axis. Open tool Layout List Layers See every layer on your canvas in bottom-to-top stacking order. Open tool

Grouping is how designers keep complex layouts sane. A logo lockup, a button made of a shape plus text, a badge with three parts — group them and they move, stack, and align as one unit instead of a fragile pile of separate layers. The Group Elements tool bundles any layers into a group and, just as importantly, releases them again whenever you need.

The group mode takes a checkbox multi-select: tick two or more layers and they become a single group layer with its own ID, sitting on top of the stack. Nothing inside is flattened or altered — every member keeps its own fill, text, and position. Ungroup mode reverses the process exactly, dissolving a group back into its individual layers.

Grouping pairs naturally with the alignment tools: align a headline and its underline perfectly, then group them so the arrangement survives every later edit. It is fully reversible at any time — no commitment, no lost work.

How it works

  1. To group: choose the design, tick at least two layer checkboxes, and click Group elements. The new group gets its own ID.
  2. To ungroup: choose the design, pick the group layer from the dropdown (it lists only groups), and click Ungroup.
  3. Members return to individual layers with all their original properties intact.
  4. The result card confirms the group ID or how many elements were released; the preview re-renders either way.

Tips

  • Align layers first, then group them — the perfect arrangement stays perfect while you move it.
  • Use groups for reusable lockups like logo + tagline or button shape + label.
  • Ungroup anytime to tweak one member, then regroup — nothing is lost.

What it costs

Free on this site — and it can't be metered. Group & Ungroup Elements uses no AI and runs entirely in your browser: no usage counters, nothing sent to our servers to bill. When credit metering arrives in the app, local operations like this one will never consume AI credits — only server-side AI generations will.

Frequently asked questions

How many layers can I group?

At least two. A group of one is meaningless — the tool asks for two or more valid layers and tells you how many it found if some IDs are missing.

Does grouping change my layers?

Nothing inside is flattened or changed. The group is a wrapper that moves and stacks as one unit; ungrouping releases every member back to its original individual-layer state.

How do I see what's inside a group?

Groups appear in the layer stack as a single layer with their member count, like group#ab12 (3 items). The full photoaicompany editor can select members inside; on this site you can reorder the group as a unit or ungroup it.

Can I group text and shapes together?

Yes — group the logo and tagline once, then the whole lockup moves as one layer everywhere you reuse it.

Related layout tools

Layout

Add a Shape

Drop rectangles, circles, stars, polygons and more onto your canvas.

Layout

List Layers

See every layer on your canvas in bottom-to-top stacking order.

Layout

Reorder a Layer

Move any layer forward, backward, to the front, or to the back.

See the transformation

Group & Ungroup Elements — before & after

Multicolored label tags — before Group & Ungroup Elements
Elegant floral arrangement with makeup set — after Group & Ungroup Elements
BeforeAfter photoaicompany

Drag the handle — it glides with physics when you let go. Group & Ungroup Elements, transformed in one pass.

Watch it work

See Group & Ungroup Elements in motion

Drag the cards, scroll the scene — the tool explains itself.

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A canvas that keeps upGroup & Ungroup Elements — frame 1 of 4

Assorted colors of paint tubes — Group & Ungroup Elements motion card

Type that performsGroup & Ungroup Elements — frame 2 of 4

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Photos with presenceGroup & Ungroup Elements — frame 3 of 4

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Export without fearGroup & Ungroup Elements — frame 4 of 4

Drag the cards — they glide with inertia. Scroll — the blob morphs and the dot traces the flow.

The full walkthrough

How Group & Ungroup Elements works, step by step

Group layers in your photoaicompany design into a single movable unit — or ungroup them back to individual layers. Fully reversible and free.

1

Design

Duplicate before experimenting: the original stays safe while the copy takes risks. Archive finished designs instead of deleting — old work becomes tomorrow’s template.

Pro tip: Star the designs you’ll revisit weekly.

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Step 1: Design — Group & Ungroup Elements, annotated
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    Design control This is where you set design — changes preview live on the canvas.
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    Live canvas Every adjustment renders instantly — what you see is what exports.
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    Result Happy with it? The design updates in place, ready for the next step.
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Group layer

Order deliberately: background at the back, subject in the middle, text on top — then break the rule once for artistry. Lock finished layers so a stray drag doesn’t ruin an hour.

Pro tip: The layers panel is the design’s table of contents — keep it readable.

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Step 2: Group layer — Group & Ungroup Elements, annotated
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    Group layer control This is where you set group layer — changes preview live on the canvas.
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    Live canvas Every adjustment renders instantly — what you see is what exports.
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    Result Happy with it? The design updates in place, ready for the next step.
Know your workspace

Anatomy of the Group & Ungroup Elements workspace

Five regions do all the work. Learn them once and every tool on this site feels familiar.

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Anatomy of the Group & Ungroup Elements workspace
  1. 1
    Toolbar Every tool lives here — pick one and the canvas listens.
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    Canvas Your design, live. Drag, resize, and edit directly.
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    Layers The stack your design is built from — top wins.
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    Export One click sends the finished design out as PNG, JPG, or PDF.
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    Properties Fine-tune whatever is selected, right where you work.
Level up

Group & Ungroup Elements techniques that look professional

Four field-tested techniques, each shown on real photography. Steal them all.

Close up of a logo and sign on white paper sheet — Group & Ungroup Elements technique
Design the system, not the page. Styles, spacing, and components that repeat become a language — speak it fluently. Inside Group & Ungroup Elements, this single habit pays off fast.
Workplace with artworks for inspiration of designer — Group & Ungroup Elements technique
White space is a material. Treat empty space like ink — spend it deliberately, not as leftover. This is doubly true when the job is Group & Ungroup Elements.
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Compare against the best, not the average. Measure your work against the feeds you admire — comfort with average is the real competitor. Group & Ungroup Elements rewards this discipline more than most tools do.
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Document the decisions. Note why the palette, type, and layout were chosen — future-you inherits the reasoning. Make it part of your Group & Ungroup Elements routine.
Avoid the traps

Three mistakes to avoid with Group & Ungroup Elements

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Everything emphasized

Bold, color, size, and underline on the same words cancel each other out. Fix: pick one emphasis per element.

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Text touching the edges

Copy crammed against the canvas edge feels accidental. Fix: give every text block breathing room — margins are free.

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Five fonts in one design

Every extra typeface dilutes the message. Fix: one family, up to three weights — restraint reads as confidence.

End to end

A complete Group & Ungroup Elements workflow

Five moves, start to shipped. This is how the work actually flows.

  1. 1

    Start in the editor

    Open a blank canvas or a template — Group & Ungroup Elements works on anything with pixels. The tool never asks you to start over.

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    Do the core move

    Run Group & Ungroup Elements the way the walkthrough above shows. Get the big decision right before touching details.

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    Refine with a second tool

    Pair it with All tools — tools compose, and two simple moves beat one complicated one.

  4. 4

    Check it on a phone

    Most designs are consumed on phones. Preview small, fix what breaks, then continue.

  5. 5

    Export and ship

    Export in the format your destination wants, keep the master design, and move on to the next one.

Good to know

More Group & Ungroup Elements answers

What’s the single most useful tip for Group & Ungroup Elements?

Align layers first, then group them — the perfect arrangement stays perfect while you move it.

What do beginners get wrong with Group & Ungroup Elements?

Use groups for reusable lockups like logo + tagline or button shape + label. Start simple, then layer on complexity once the basics feel automatic.

Is Group & Ungroup Elements really free?

Yes — Group & Ungroup Elements is free to use in your browser, and your work saves to your account. Premium plans add AI credits, team features, and higher export limits; the tool itself never holds your design hostage.

Visual guides

Every fact, visualized

Ten detailed infographics — every number real, every label earned. Built for Group & Ungroup Elements, only on this page.

How Group & Ungroup Elements worksThe exact control order, from blank canvas to finisheddesign.1DesignSet design and watch the canvas answer instantly — everycontrol in this tool previews live.2Group layerSet group layer and watch the canvas answer instantly —every control in this tool previews live.
Group & Ungroup Elements step-by-step workflow
Anatomy of the Group & Ungroup ElementsworkspaceFive regions do all the work — learn them once.ToolbarEvery tool lives here. Pick one andthe canvas listens.CanvasYour design, live. Drag, resize, editdirectly.LayersThe stack your design is built from —top wins.PropertiesFine-tune whatever is selected, rightwhere you work.TemplatesStarting points that are 70% rightbefore you touch them.ExportOne click out as PNG, JPG, PDF, orMP4.
Group & Ungroup Elements workspace anatomy
Export formats, decodedPick the format your destination actually wants.PNG — crisp graphicsText, logos, transparency. The default for anything withletterforms.JPG — photosSmall files for photographic images. Never for text-heavygraphics.PDF — print & documentsMulti-page, print-ready, keeps vectors sharp at any size.MP4 — motionAnimated designs and video exports for social and ads.
Group & Ungroup Elements export guide: the right format, every time
Which format for which jobA quick matrix — screenshot it.PNGJPGSocial graphics with text✓Photographic posts✓Print flyers✓Video & animation
Which format for Group & Ungroup Elements: the quick matrix
Group & Ungroup Elements vs doing itmanuallyWhat the tool actually saves you.✓Runs entirely in your browserNo install, no updates, no disk space sacrificed.✓Free tier that is a real workspaceNot a trial — the editor, templates, and core tools stayfree.✓Every control previews liveChange a setting and see the result instantly.✓Templates + AI assistance built inStart from 70% done instead of a blank canvas.✓One-click export in every formatPNG, JPG, PDF, MP4 — sized for each placement.
Group & Ungroup Elements advantages
Keyboard shortcuts that pay offLearn these once — they work across the whole editor.Ctrl/⌘ + ZUndo. The most-usedshortcut in any creativetool.Ctrl/⌘ + C / VCopy and paste anyelement, across designs.Ctrl/⌘ + DDuplicate the selectionin place.DeleteRemove the selectedelement instantly.Ctrl/⌘ + SSave your design rightnow.+ / −Zoom the canvas in andout.
Shortcuts that speed up Group & Ungroup Elements
Contrast rules that keep text readableReal standards, not opinions.4.5 : 1 — body text minimumWCAG AA: regular text needs this contrast against itsbackground.3 : 1 — large text minimumHeadlines 24px+ (or 19px bold+) get a lower bar — still abar.Grayscale testConvert mentally to gray: if the text vanishes, the colorfailed.Scrim rescueA soft dark veil behind white text saves impossiblephotos.
Contrast rules for Group & Ungroup Elements text
Mistakes → fixesThe three traps, and the way out of each.✓Ignoring the safe zonesPlatforms crop edges and cover corners with UI. Fix: keepcritical content inside the central 80%.✓One design for every placementA square post stretched into a story looks broken. Fix:resize deliberately for each destination.✓Centered paragraphsCentering suits headlines; long centered paragraphs tirethe eye. Fix: left-align anything over two lines.
Group & Ungroup Elements mistakes and fixes
Where Group & Ungroup Elements earns itskeepFour jobs this tool was born for.SocialPosts & storiesSized right,exported sharp,shipped daily.BrandMarketing assetsOn-palette,on-font, everysingle time.DocsPresentationsSlides andone-pagers thatlook designed.PrintFlyers & cardsPDF export keepsevery edge crisp.
Group & Ungroup Elements use cases
Quick answersStraight from this page — no digging required.How many layers can I group?At least two. A group of one ismeaningless — the tool asks for twoor more valid layers and tells youhow many it found if some IDs are misDoes grouping change my layers?Nothing inside is flattened orchanged. The group is a wrapper thatmoves and stacks as one unit;ungrouping releases every member backHow do I see what's inside agroup?Groups appear in the layer stack as asingle layer with their member count,like group#ab12 (3 items) . The fullphotoaicompany editor can sCan I group text and shapestogether?Yes — group the logo and taglineonce, then the whole lockup moves asone layer everywhere you reuse it.
Group & Ungroup Elements quick answers

Live telemetry

GROUP & UNGROUP ELEMENTS — CAPABILITY TELEMETRY

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Complete guide

Everything Group & Ungroup Elements can do

The full capability picture — features by plan, every control explained, real use cases, and the spec sheet.

Feature availability

Every capability of this tool, and which plan includes it.

CapabilityFreeProBusiness
To group: choose the design, tick at least two layer checkboxes, and click Group elements. The new group gets its own ID.✓✓✓
To ungroup: choose the design, pick the group layer from the dropdown (it lists only groups), and click Ungroup.✓✓✓
Members return to individual layers with all their original properties intact.✓✓✓
The result card confirms the group ID or how many elements were released; the preview re-renders either way.✓✓✓

Control map — every field, explained

Each control on this page, and what it actually does when you run the tool.

ControlWhat it does
DesignTo ungroup: choose the design, pick the group layer from the dropdown (it lists only groups), and click Ungroup.
Layers to group (pick at least two)Align layers first, then group them — the perfect arrangement stays perfect while you move it.
Group layerTo ungroup: choose the design, pick the group layer from the dropdown (it lists only groups), and click Ungroup.

Use it for — Group & Ungroup Elements in real work

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Move a logo lockup as one piece

2

Keep caption + image together

3

Bundle a pricing card

4

Protect a finished composition

5

Duplicate repeating modules

6

Organize complex scenes

Spec sheet

Min layers2
NestingGroups in groups
UngroupAnytime, lossless
Move/resizeAs one unit
FreeUnlimited
SelectOne click

Keyboard reference

KeysActionScope
Ctrl/⌘ + ZUndo the last changeBrowser-standard
Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + ZRedoBrowser-standard
Tab / Shift+TabMove between fields in orderBrowser-standard
EnterActivate the focused buttonBrowser-standard
EscClose dialogs and menusBrowser-standard
DeleteRemove the selected layer on canvasEditor

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