> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Folders > Sort your images, videos and files into folders, and move them around as your library grows. Keep a growing library tidy with folders: one for each service, event or season. Images, videos and files each have their own folders, and folders can sit inside other folders. **Who can do this:** Contributors, Editors, Admins and Owners. Only Admins and Owners can turn a folder's **Reference only** setting on or off. ## Before you start * Open the library: press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows) and choose **Images**, **Videos** or **Files**. * The folder list is on the left, under **FOLDERS**. **Library** is the top level. * Each folder in the list has a **Folder actions** menu (the three dots). It appears when you point at the folder. ![The Images folder list with the Events folder's Folder actions menu open: New subfolder, Create album from folder…, Move folder…, Rename folder, Delete.](https://mintcdn.com/fetchski-attract-api/VHp0B0s1nBbMi7JQ/images/cms/guides/media/folders/guides-media-folders-actions-menu-light.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=VHp0B0s1nBbMi7JQ\&q=85\&s=dddf213542e000e43e730bb35d425bdb) Every folder has its own menu of actions. ## Create a folder **1. Go to where the new folder belongs** Choose **Library** for a top-level folder, or open a folder to make one inside it. **2. Choose New folder** It's at the top of the folder list and in the toolbar above the grid. **3. Type a Folder name, such as "Training", and save** To make a folder inside another one from anywhere, open that folder's **Folder actions** menu and choose **New subfolder**. Folders can go up to 8 levels deep. Two folders side by side can't share a name. ## Put files in a folder * **Upload into it.** Open the folder in **Images**, then drop your images in. They're saved right there. * **Move them.** Tick the boxes on the files, then choose **Move to folder…**. Choose the folder, then **Move here**. * **Take them out of every folder.** In the same window, choose **Top level (no folder)**, then **Move to top level**. * **Drag them.** Drag files from the grid onto a folder in the list, a folder tile or a part of the path above the grid. Confirm the move. * **Set it in the file's details.** Every image, video and file has a **Folder** setting. No folder yet? The **Move to folder…** window has its own **New folder** button, so you can create one as you go. ![The Move to folder… window over Manage Images, with the line "Choose where to move 4 items…", the folder tree with Blog selected, and the Move here button.](https://mintcdn.com/fetchski-attract-api/VHp0B0s1nBbMi7JQ/images/cms/guides/media/folders/guides-media-folders-move-to-folder-light.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=VHp0B0s1nBbMi7JQ\&q=85\&s=a10597c5d2dd95ae78c668ac4c003ec8) Choose the files, then the folder to move them to. Moving files can take a little while. It runs in the background, and a notice tells you when it's done. ## Rename a folder > [!WARNING] > > Renaming or moving a folder changes the web addresses of the files in it. Your pages keep showing them, but a link you shared somewhere else stops working. For example, if you emailed customers a link to a price list PDF in that folder, send them the new link afterward. Open the folder's **Folder actions** menu, choose **Rename folder**, type the new name and save. ## Move a folder * Open the folder's **Folder actions** menu and choose **Move folder…**. Under **Destination**, choose the folder it should go in, or **Top level (no folder)**. Choose **Move here**. * Or drag the folder onto another folder. Drag it onto **Library** to make it a top-level folder. Hold it over a closed folder for a moment and that folder opens, so you can reach the folders inside. Everything inside the folder moves with it. ![The Training folder being dragged onto the Daycare folder in the folder list, with Daycare highlighted as the drop target.](https://mintcdn.com/fetchski-attract-api/VHp0B0s1nBbMi7JQ/images/cms/guides/media/folders/guides-media-folders-drag-folder-light.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=VHp0B0s1nBbMi7JQ\&q=85\&s=0e89ba24ca795d663b4c021244af216c) Drag a folder onto another one to put it inside. ## Delete a folder Only empty folders can be deleted. Move or delete what's inside first, including any folders inside it. **1. Open the folder's Folder actions menu and choose Delete** **2. Confirm** The message reads: "Delete the folder “Training”? Only empty folders can be deleted." Deleting a folder never deletes files. To delete files, see [Archive, restore and delete](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/content/archive-restore-delete.md). ## Turn a folder into a photo album For an image folder, open its **Folder actions** menu and choose **Create album from folder…**. Type an **Album title** and choose **Create album**. You get a draft album with the images that sit directly in the folder. Images in folders inside it aren't included. Check the order, then publish the album. See [Photo albums](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/content/photo-albums.md). ## Manage folders in one window Reorganizing a lot at once? In **Images**, choose **Folders** at the top to open **Manage folders**. It shows the whole folder tree, with the same actions. ![The Manage folders window with Parker's image folder tree expanded: Daycare, Events › Summer splash day, Training, and the FetchskiAI references folder with its Reference tag.](https://mintcdn.com/fetchski-attract-api/VHp0B0s1nBbMi7JQ/images/cms/guides/media/folders/guides-media-folders-manage-folders-light.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=VHp0B0s1nBbMi7JQ\&q=85\&s=8b317c29834115c11d76543380d08f79) Manage folders shows the whole tree at once. ## Folders the CMS looks after The CMS makes and fills 4 image folders itself: **Albums**, **Photo Feeds**, **Pages & Posts** and **FetchskiAI references**. You can open everything in them and add folders inside them. You can't rename or move them. You can delete one of them only when it's empty. The CMS makes it again when it needs it. ## Reference only folders Keep media for comparison, such as screenshots of sites you like, in a **Reference only** folder. You can browse it, but nothing in it can be used on your site. It has a **Reference** tag in the folder list, and the **FetchskiAI references** folder is always one. > [!WARNING] > > When a folder becomes reference only, anything in it that's already on a page drops off that page, and visitors see a gap. Only use it for a folder whose media isn't on your site. Pages that lose an image show it in their [broken media](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/media/broken-media.md) warning. * To make one, Admins and Owners choose **Make reference only** in the folder's **Folder actions** menu. **Allow use on the site** turns it back, so its media can be used again. * Anyone who can upload can upload into a reference folder. Moving existing files into or out of one needs an Admin or Owner. ## Good to know * Each file lives in one folder at a time. * You can tick files in several folders, then move them together. Your choices stay ticked as you open other folders. ## Troubleshooting > [accordion] This folder still has contents > > A folder must be empty before you delete it. The message reads: "This folder still has contents. Move or delete its subfolders and media first." > > Open the folder, move its files and folders somewhere else (or delete them), then try again. > [accordion] A folder with this name already exists here > > Two folders in the same place can't share a name. Choose another name, or put the folder somewhere else. > [accordion] Folders can be nested at most 8 levels deep > > A folder can't sit more than 8 levels down. When you move a folder, the folders inside it count too. Move it somewhere higher up instead. > [accordion] This folder is managed automatically and cannot be renamed or moved > > It's one of the folders the CMS looks after. Leave it where it is. You can still add folders inside it. > [accordion] A file "can't be moved into the reference folder > > Moving existing files into or out of a reference folder needs an Admin or Owner. Upload the file into the reference folder as a new copy instead, or ask an Admin to move it. ## Related > [card] [The media library](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/media/media-library.md) > > upload and edit your files. > [card] [Photo albums](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/content/photo-albums.md) > > choose and order photos for a gallery. > [card] [Gallery](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/sections/gallery.md) > > show a whole folder of photos on a page. > [card] [Archive, restore and delete](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/content/archive-restore-delete.md) > > remove files safely. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.