Cozi shopping lists

Getting started with shopping lists
Adding items to a list
Crossing items off a list
Printing or sending a list
Retrieving lists with your mobile phone
Creating, renaming, managing, and deleting lists

Getting started with shopping lists

Cozi lets your family manage shopping lists from any computer—and retrieve shopping them from your mobile phone while you're in the store. Or, you can send a shopping list to any family member via text. If you have multiple shopping lists, the first list will be visible on your home page. To access other lists, click Shopping in the left column, or click anywhere in the Shopping List area on the home page.

On the Shopping page, you can add to, delete, and manage your lists. You can also search for recipes online.

Adding items to a list

To add an item, select a list, type an item, and then press Enter.

To move items around within a list, drag the item you want to move, and drop it where you want it to be displayed.

If you’d like to create categories within a list, type the category header using all capital letters. For example, if you would like to organize your shopping list by type of food, you could add categories like PRODUCE or DAIRY. Once you’ve added categories, you can add items to previous categories by entering the item at the bottom of the list, and then dragging and dropping it to the correct category.

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Crossing items off a list

If you have the Cozi iPhone app, Android app, or BlackBerry app you can cross off items while you're in the store. Otherwise, you can cross items off your list when you return from a shopping trip:

To cross off individual items, click just to the left of the item. You'll see a check mark appear next to the item, as well as a line running through the item.
To cross off and remove everything on a list, click Remove at the bottom of the list, and then click Clear everything off this list.
If you’d like to keep a master list of frequently purchased items, you can cross off items you don’t need to purchase in a particular shopping trip, but then uncross them to add them back to the list. To uncross a crossed out item, just click to the left of the item.

Printing or sending a list

When you're ready to go to the store, you can quickly print any list by clicking the Print button at the bottom of the list. Or, to send a list to a family member via text, click on Phone at the bottom of any list, and select the correct recipient.

Retrieving lists with your mobile phone

You can also use your phone to request that any shopping list be sent to you while you're out and about. In the U.S. and Canada, text SHOPPING to 22694 (BCOZI) to have your list sent to your phone via text.

For additional details, see Mobile access overview.

Creating, renaming, managing, and deleting lists

You can create new lists, change list names, change the order lists appear, and delete entire lists:

To create a new list, click the New List button on the Shopping page. (If you don’t see the New List button, click the More Lists menu.)
To rename a list, click the list's name (say, "Wholesale"), and then type a new name.
To change the order lists appear, click More Lists, then Organize Lists, then drag a list and drop it in the desired order. The first list will appear on your homepage.
To delete an entire list, click Remove at the bottom of the list, and then click Permanently delete this list.

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