---
title: Rename a managed folder and read its tabs
type: how-to
section: drive
summary: Folder settings holds Snapshot, Edit and Delete. Edit changes the name and category; the five tabs are Overview, Sites, Members, Activity and Snapshots.
sources:
  - evolve-front-end/components/content-platform/content-platform-workspaces-panel.tsx
  - evolve-front-end/components/content-platform/content-platform-workspace-kinds.tsx
  - evolve-front-end/app/[lng]/drive/workspaces/[workspaceId]/page.tsx
  - evolve-front-end/app/i18n/locales/en/content-platform.json
verified:
  at: 2026-09-04
  env: code
  by: content-lane-drive
ttl_days: 45
related: [drive/create-a-managed-folder, drive/snapshots, drive/delete-a-managed-folder]
---

Open the managed folder, choose the settings button labelled **Folder settings**, then **Edit**. Change **Name** or **Category** and choose **Save**. The same menu holds **Snapshot** and **Delete**.

## Rename or recategorise

1. Open the folder and choose **Folder settings**.
2. Choose **Edit**. The dialog title is **Edit managed folder**, with the reassurance **Members, files, and snapshots stay attached.**
3. Change **Name**, or pick a different **Category**, or both.
4. Choose **Save**. The button reads **Saving...** while it works, and stays disabled until something has actually changed.

Only the name and the category can change. The description you typed when creating the folder is fixed: **Overview** shows it read-only, and a folder created without one shows **No description yet.**

## What the settings menu holds

| Item | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Snapshot** | Opens **Capture snapshot**. See [Capture a snapshot of a managed folder](/help/drive/snapshots). |
| **Edit** | Opens **Edit managed folder** for the name and category. |
| **Delete** | Opens the confirmation described in [Delete a managed folder](/help/drive/delete-a-managed-folder). |

A folder row in the list carries an actions menu with two settings entries of its own. Neither does anything today; use the settings button inside the folder.

## The five tabs

| Tab | What it shows |
| --- | --- |
| **Overview** | The description, a **Recommended** rail of files with recent workflow activity, and the folder's file browser with search, **Type**, **People**, **Modified** and **Status** filters. |
| **Sites** | Sites published from this folder. Empty until you upload one. |
| **Members** | Everyone who holds access, with **Member**, **Source**, **Granted** and **Role**, and **Remove access**. |
| **Activity** | Files in the folder with review or publish activity, with **Name**, **Owner**, **Date modified** and **Status**. |
| **Snapshots** | The snapshots captured for this folder. |

**Overview** owns the only file browser. There is no separate Files tab, and no Reviews tab: review state appears as a **Status** value and in **Activity**.

On a narrow screen the tab row becomes a single select labelled **Managed folder inspector tab**.

## Uploading into the folder

The folder header carries an **Upload** menu with **Upload files**, **Upload folder** and **Upload site**, and, where the feature is switched on, **Capture URL**.

## If it did not work

- **Save** stays disabled when neither the name nor the category differs from what is stored.
- **Failed to update managed folder.** means the change did not save. Renaming needs write access to the folder.
- There is no control for access mode, retention or notifications on a managed folder. Sharing is the only access setting, and it lives behind **Invite**.
- The description cannot be edited. Put the current wording in the folder name, or record it in a file inside the folder.