# Organizing with Folders

### About this export

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| **content_type** | lesson |
| **platform** | contentstack-academy |
| **source_url** | https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/contentstack-assets-foundations/organizing-with-folder |
| **course_slug** | contentstack-assets-foundations |
| **lesson_slug** | organizing-with-folder |
| **markdown_file_url** | /academy/md/courses/contentstack-assets-foundations/organizing-with-folder.md |
| **generated_at** | 2026-05-28T12:30:00.527Z |

> Part of **[Contentstack Assets Foundations](https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/contentstack-assets-foundations)** on Contentstack Academy. **Academy MD v3** — structured for retrieval; no quiz or assessment keys.

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#### Video details

#### At a glance

- **Title:** Organizing with Folders
- **Duration:** 2m 29s
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- **Publish date (unix):** 1778505411

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#### Video transcript

As your library grows, Search is your best friend, but Folders are your foundation. Folders in Content Stack Assets aren't just for storage. They're for grouping related work, managing specific projects, and keeping your workspace from becoming a digital junk drawer. Creating folders to stay organized is easy. In this case, I have some assets specifically for a Contact Us page, and I'd like to separate that out from everything else by creating a new folder. So in the top right-hand corner, I can choose New, then I can select Folder, and I'll go ahead and call this Contact Us. And if I wanted to provide a description, I could do that, but in this case, I'll come over and click Create. Once we have the folder, I can upload assets directly to that folder. So I'll go ahead and open the folder by clicking on it, and once I click it, I'm going to click New to upload new files. So go ahead and choose Upload File, and I have an Images directory on my desktop, and in there is Contact Us. I'll select all of those assets, and I'll click Open. Once I click Open, all those assets will upload. One of the nice things about folders is not only does it keep your assets organized, but it can also act as a nice filter to show just images that reside within a particular folder. All you have to do is type in the name of the folder here. In this case, we only have one, so it's really easy. But if you then come over and select it, you're then drilled into that directory, hiding everything else so you can focus on just the content found within that folder. A quick way to navigate back is to simply X out of that filter. So folders are simple to make and a great way to stay organized. Of course, you always have the ability to delete the folder in choosing Delete. It's important to note, though, when you delete a folder, it's an all-or-nothing action. When it's deleted, you're permanently removing the folder and every asset inside of it. So make sure that's something that you want to do. So folders keep your space manageable. You use them to group campaigns, your brands, or projects. It helps build structure that makes sense for your workflow today so you're not digging for files tomorrow.

#### Key takeaways

- Connect **Organizing with Folders** back to your stack configuration before moving to the next module.
- Capture one concrete artifact (screenshot, Postman call, or code snippet) that proves the step works in your environment.
- Re-read the delivery versus management boundary for anything you changed in the entry model.

## Supplement for indexing

### Content summary

Organizing with Folders. Organizing with Folders in Contentstack Assets Foundations (contentstack-assets-foundations).

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- Organizing
- with
- Folders
- contentstack-assets-foundations
- lesson 04
- Organizing with Folders
- contentstack-assets-foundations lesson

### Indexing notes

Index this lesson as a primary chunk tagged with lesson_id "04" and topics: [Organizing, with, Folders].
Parent course slug: contentstack-assets-foundations. Use asset_references URLs as thumbnail hints in search results when present.
Never surface LMS quiz content or assessment answers from this file.

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