# Organizing with Folders

As your research library grows, folders help you keep everything organized. Create folders for different projects, courses, topics, or research phases.

## Creating a folder

1. Navigate to **My Documents** in the sidebar.
2. Click the **New Folder** button.
3. Enter a folder name and click **Create**.

The new folder appears in your document library alongside your papers.

## Uploading into a folder

To add documents directly into a folder, open the folder first, then click **Upload**. The uploaded documents will be placed inside that folder.

## Navigating folders

Click on a folder to open it and see its contents. The breadcrumb trail at the top shows your current location:

**My Documents** > **Literature Review** > **Machine Learning Papers**

Click any part of the breadcrumb to navigate back up.

## Nested folders

Folders can contain other folders, letting you create a hierarchy that matches your research structure.

For example:

```
My Documents/
├── Thesis/
│   ├── Chapter 1 - Background/
│   │   ├── intro.pdf
│   │   └── related-work.pdf
│   ├── Chapter 2 - Methods/
│   └── Chapter 3 - Results/
├── Lab Meeting/
│   ├── March 2026/
│   └── April 2026/
└── Coursework/
```

To create a nested folder, open a folder first, then click **New Folder** from within it.

## Renaming a folder

1. Click the **...** menu on the folder.
2. Select **Rename**.
3. Enter the new name and click **Rename**.

## Deleting a folder

1. Click the **...** menu on the folder.
2. Select **Delete**.

When you delete a folder, the folder and its contents are moved to the **Trash**. You can recover them from the [Trash](/docs/v1.x/trash-and-recovery).

> **Tip:** If you only want to remove the folder but keep the documents, upload documents to the root library instead of the folder before deleting it.

## Tips for organizing

- **Organize by project** - Create a top-level folder for each major project or paper you are working on.
- **Use clear naming** - Name folders descriptively so collaborators can find what they need (e.g., "Systematic Review - Inclusion" vs just "Papers").
- **Flatten when small** - If you have fewer than 20 documents, a single level of folders is usually enough. Don't over-organize.


## Next steps

- **[Read and annotate your papers](/docs/v1.x/reading-and-annotating)** using the built-in PDF viewer.
- **[Upload more documents](/docs/v1.x/uploading-documents)** to build your library.