# Create and manage collections from the Postman VS Code extension

With the Postman VS Code extension, you can create new collections to group HTTP requests. You can also manage your existing collections and make changes to them directly in VS Code.

To learn more about using collections in Postman, see [Create and manage request collections in Postman](/docs/collections/use-collections/use-collections-overview/).

## Add HTTP requests to a collection

To create a collection and add an HTTP request to it, do the following:

1. Select a workspace from the workspace dropdown list in the sidebar.
2. Click <img alt="Collection icon" src="https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/aether-icons/entity-collection-stroke.svg#icon" width="16px" /> **Collections**.
3. Click <img alt="Add icon" src="https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/aether-icons/action-add-stroke.svg#icon" width="16px" />.
4. To add an HTTP request to a collection, click <img alt="Options icon" src="https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/aether-icons/action-options-stroke.svg#icon" width="16px" /> next to a collection, then select **Add Request**.

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  You can also use the `Postman: Create a new Postman Collection` command from the [Command Palette](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface#_command-palette) to create a collection.
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## Manage a collection

To customize and configure a collection with HTTP requests, do the following:

1. Select a workspace from the workspace dropdown list in the sidebar.
2. Click <img alt="Collection icon" src="https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/aether-icons/entity-collection-stroke.svg#icon" width="16px" /> **Collections**.
3. Select a collection.
4. Click **Authorization** to [configure authorization details for your collection](/docs/sending-requests/authorization/specifying-authorization-details/).
5. Select **Scripts > Pre-request** to [define a pre-request script for your collection](/docs/tests-and-scripts/write-scripts/pre-request-scripts/), which runs before requests are sent to the server.
6. Select **Scripts > Post-response** to define a post-response script for your collection and the requests and folders in it, which runs after a response is received. Learn more about [adding post-response scripts](/docs/developer/vs-code-extension/tests-and-scripts/test/).
7. Click **Variables** to [define values for collection variables](/docs/sending-requests/variables/variables/) to share across all requests in the collection.

You can move an existing folder or request to a new collection. In the sidebar, select the folder or request you want to move, then drag it to a new collection.

You can also save a copy of a request to a new collection. Select a request in the sidebar, click <img alt="Down Large icon" src="https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/aether-icons/direction-down-large.svg#icon" width="16px" /> > **Save As** at the top, then choose or create a collection to save it in.