Welcome to
Help Desk

Product Updates
Training
Support
Ideas Contact Support

Create a Shared Folder

Folders contained within the Shared folder will house content that other users in the company need to access and share with customers. As new projects are started and more teams are formed, creating additional folders under Shared will be critical to maintaining organization within your Egnyte account. The article covers details on who can create folders and how to add a new folder. Additional resources are also provided to help assign permissions and add content to the newly created folder.

Who Can Create Shared Folders

  • Administrators and Power Users with can create top-level folders role can create new folders directly under the Shared folder.
  • Administrators, Power Users, and Standard Users that have been granted Editor, Full, or Owner permissions to a folder can create new sub-folders within it.

Create a New Shared Folder

  • Navigate to the folder where the new folder has to be created.
  • Click + Create and select Folder from the drop-down.  Alternatively, to create a folder from a template, click on Folder -> From Template -> Select the specific template.
    CreateaSharedFolder.png
  • Enter a name for the new folder and click Create.
    WebUI_Create_Shared_Folder_2.png
  • The user can then add content to the folder and assign permissions so other users can access it.

Rename a Folder

  • To rename an existing folder, select the folder and select Rename from the context menu.
    CreateaSharedFolder -3.png
  • Enter the new name and click on Rename.
    CreateaSharedFolder -1.png
Was this article helpful?
1 out of 4 found this helpful

For technical assistance, please contact us.