Free Mind Map Templates

How to Use the Mind Map Templates in Creately

• Choose a template that suits your needs
  

  Choose a mind map template by purpose—brainstorming, note-taking, planning or study. Click “Edit This Template” to open it and place your central idea.

• Sign in or create a free Creately account
  

  Sign in or create a free Creately account. You’ll need an account to edit and save your mind map; setting one up takes a moment, with no credit card required.

• Open the template and customize it
  

  Put your main topic at the center and radiate branches outward for key themes, adding sub-branches for supporting ideas.

  • Type your core idea into the central node
  • Add main branches for each major theme
  • Extend sub-branches for details and examples
  • Attach icons, colors or images to aid recall
  • Reorganize branches by dragging to restructure thinking
• Expand ideas fast with the plus-create
  

  Press the plus handle on any node to spawn a connected branch instantly, so you can capture a fast-flowing brainstorm without stopping to draw lines.

• Collaborate with your team
  

  Invite your team to collaborate. Share the mind map by email or link so colleagues can co-edit in real time, comment, and track changes together.

• Save, export, or present
  

  Save, export, or present. Store the mind map in your workspace, download it as PNG, JPEG, SVG or PDF, embed it in a document, or run it full-screen in presentation mode.