> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.guito.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create a space and switch views

> Create a space, put accounts in it and move between your personal space, the new space and Everything.

A space brings together the accounts you want to see apart. This page shows how to create one, put accounts in it and switch between views. To understand what each view counts, see [How spaces work](https://docs.guito.app/en/concepts/spaces.md).

An example: a sole trader creates the space "Business" just for themselves and puts the business accounts in it. Their personal space keeps the household accounts and the new space holds the business ones, with no mixing in the totals.

## Create a space

**1. Open the switcher**

Open the menu with your name, at the bottom of the side menu, and choose **Create space**. Once you have a space, the switcher (**Switch space**) appears at the top of the side menu and has **Create space** too.

**2. Give it a name and an image**

Type the **Name** (for example "Business") and, if you like, use **Choose image**. The image is optional and can be removed or changed later.

**3. Choose the accounts**

Under **Accounts that live in** the new space, tick the accounts you want there. An account lives in one place and counts in the space; in a private space, it stops counting in your personal space. You can choose later with **Not now** and finish without picking any.

A new space says **Only me** until you invite someone, and becomes **Shared with** that person once they join (see [Invite people to a space](https://docs.guito.app/en/features/spaces-invite-people.md)).

## Switch between Personal, a space and Everything

The switcher at the top of the side menu shows **Personal**, each space and **All spaces**. Each space says **Only me** or who it is shared with (for example **Shared with Rui**).

* **Personal**: your personal space, which only you see. It holds the accounts you have not put in another space.
* **A space**: the accounts, movements, budgets and wealth that live in that space.
* **All spaces**: your personal space and the other spaces, with each account counted once.

When you switch, guito goes back to the start page of the section you were in, because a detail page from your personal space (an account, say) does not exist in another view.

## Put an account in a space

On the **Accounts** page, open the account's menu and choose **Put in a space**. The options are in [Share accounts in a space](https://docs.guito.app/en/features/spaces-share-accounts.md).

## Manage your spaces

The switcher shows the spaces you created or joined, each with its state (**Only me** or **Shared with** someone). Inside a space, open the switcher and choose **Space settings** to see its accounts and members. There, **Edit** changes the name and the icon or image together (in the app, it is the **Name and icon** row), and you can **Close the space**. Closing sends each account back to the personal space of whoever put it there, and no account or movement is deleted.

## Related pages

> [card] [How spaces work](https://docs.guito.app/en/concepts/spaces.md)
>
> What each view counts.

> [card] [Share accounts](https://docs.guito.app/en/features/spaces-share-accounts.md)
>
> Choose what each account shows members.

> [card] [Accounts](https://docs.guito.app/en/features/accounts.md)
>
> The page where you manage your accounts.


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