Use folders to organize your work

Now you can add folders to your space to keep related work together, just like you do on your personal computer. Unlike parent pages, which you can think of as containers with built-in “Read Me” files, folders are simple containers, without any information or context built into the container itself. Use parent pages in situations where it’s helpful to know a bit more about the contents of a container going in. Use folders when all you need is a place to store related work.

Create a new folder

To create a folder:

1. Navigate to a Confluence space.

2. Hover over Content in the content tree, then select +.

3. Select Folder from the drop-down menu.

4. Give your folder a title, making sure you don’t include any PHI.

To nest a folder under another content item, hover over its title in the content tree, then select + and repeat steps 3-4 above.

Delete a folder

To delete an existing folder:

1. Hover over the folder title in the content tree.

2. Select Delete from the More options ••• menu.

3. Select Delete again to confirm your choice.

When you delete a folder, its contents will move up a level in the content tree. In the example below, “Marketing” is a child item of “Project Artemis”:

Deleting “Marketing” will cause the page it contains, “Artemis AI launch campaign,” to move, becoming a child item of “Project Artemis”:

Any restrictions “Artemis AI launch campaign” inherited from “Marketing” will be removed, leaving only restrictions on “Artemis AI launch campaign” itself and restrictions inherited from “Project Artemis.”

Turn folders on or off for a space

Turning folders on or off in a Confluence space allows you to control whether your team can use them to organize and structure work. Folders are turned on by default to give you and your team plenty of opportunities to try them out, but you can turn folders off — or turn them on if you’ve disabled them previously — in Space settings.

Currently, it is not possible to turn folders on or off at the site level.

To turn folders on or off for a space:

1. Navigate to that space in Confluence.

2. Select Space settings from the sidebar.

3. In Settings, select Features (under Manage space). This option is only available to space admins.

4. Select the toggle to the right of Folders (under Content).