Create a managed folder
Choose Create managed folder, give it a name, add an optional description and category, and Drive opens the new folder. New folders start private.
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A managed folder is the shared container in Drive: it holds files, members, sites, activity and snapshots. Choose Create managed folder, type a name, and choose Create managed folder in the dialog. Drive opens the folder straight away.
Create it
- Open All managed folders and choose Create managed folder at the top right. The same dialog opens from New managed folder in the rail's New menu, and from the small plus next to the Managed folders heading.
- Type a name into Managed folder name. The example in the field reads e.g. FY26 strategy launch.
- Add a Description (optional). The field asks What is this managed folder for?
- Choose a Managed folder category if one fits. The help text under the control says Used to organize and filter managed folders. It does not change permissions or workflows.
- Choose Create managed folder. The button reads Creating… while the folder is being made, then Drive opens it.
The name is the only required field. The submit button stays disabled until you type one.
Categories
The picker offers Research, Course / teaching, Thesis / dissertation, Student project, Administration & operations, Events, Alumni & community, Compliance and Public web / outreach, or No category.
The field also accepts your own wording: type a value and choose the row that offers to use what you typed. A folder with no category is listed as Uncategorized.
Category is a label for finding and filtering folders. It grants nothing and starts no workflow.
What you get
A new managed folder is Private: you are the only person who can see it until you share it. It has no files, no members and no snapshots. Its tabs are Overview, Sites, Members, Activity and Snapshots.
You can rename the folder and change its category later. The description is fixed at creation and shown read-only on Overview afterwards.
If it did not work
- If the button will not activate, the name is empty after trimming spaces.
- Current account id is unavailable. Refresh your session before creating a managed folder. means your session lost its Account. Reload the page and try again.
- Failed to create managed folder. points at the service rather than your input. Creating a folder needs write access to managed folders in your Account; ask an Account administrator if it keeps failing.
- To share the new folder, see Invite people to a managed folder.
Related pages
- Invite people to a managed folder — Open the folder, choose Invite, pick people, workgroups or collaborations, set Can view or Can edit, choose Share, then choose Done to save.
- Rename a managed folder and read its tabs — Folder settings holds Snapshot, Edit and Delete. Edit changes the name and category; the five tabs are Overview, Sites, Members, Activity and Snapshots.
- Delete a managed folder — Deleting is permanent and needs you to type the folder's name. It removes the folder, its members and its snapshots; the files themselves stay in Drive.