Find folders

There are many ways to find folders, for example we can sort, filter, switch between presentations, and search for specific keywords.

Before you log in, we can see public folders. After you log in, we can find pinned folders, our own folders, folders shared with you, and public folders.

External users do not have access to, nor can they upload to, public folders,

In some folder lists, private folders are marked with a private icon, shared folders are marked with a shared icon, and public folders are marked with a public icon. If a folder is both public and shared with specific people, it is marked with a public icon. If we hover over the icon, help text explains the folder is public and shared.

1. Do any one of the following to find folders:

   Option	Description
   To find folders in any Files view	Click the Thumbnails display option to open a gallery of images that represent files and folders.
   To find folders you pinned	Click Pinned Folders in the navigation box. To pin a folder, click the thumbtack icon next to the folder.
   To find folders you created	Click My Folders in the navigation box.
   To find folders people shared with you	Click Folders Shared With Me in the navigation box. These are folders shared by other people specifically with you.
   To find public folders	Click Public Folders in the navigation box. External users do not have access to, nor can they upload to, public folders,
   To search by string or using a wildcard character	Select a folder search category, such as My Folders or Folders Shared With Me. Type characters into the search field such as a folder name, or a string containing the wildcard character *, and then click the search icon. Folders matching those characters are returned. See Advanced search options for more information When searching for a folder by name, if using 3 or more characters as search string criteria, all folder names containing the criteria are returned. If using 2 or less characters as search string criteria, only folder names that exactly match the search string are returned. To return folder names containing the search string criteria, regardless of number of characters in the string, append the asterisk (*) wildcard character after the search string criteria.

2. Do any of the following to further filter or access folders:

   Option	Description
   To show folders created by a specific person	Expand the Created by filter and start typing a name. Click the name when it displays, or click the search icon. This is not available in My Folders.
   To show folders by how they are shared	Expand the Sharing filter in either the My Folders or Folders Shared With Me lists.
   To show folders you have contributor or owner access to	Expand the Role filter, and then click contributor or owner.
   To download all the files in a folder	Click Download This folder to download a compressed file containing all of the files in the folder, including files not on the current page. The compressed file can be a maximum of 4GB. If any of the file names we are downloading to the compressed file contain non-English characters, we can use the Global (default) setting. This setting informs the compression program to use UTF-8 characters so that all file name characters can be properly processed during compression. If the file names inside the compressed file are not displayed correctly after choosing the Global (default) setting, click Global (default), specify a language value when prompted, and reprocess the download.
   To receive notifications when changes are made to a folder	Click Feed for This folder and create a feed reader subscription as prompted.