How do I organize captured posts into Folders?

Folders are named collections, up to 10 per account, for grouping captured posts by project, client, or topic. Create, rename, and delete them any time.

Written By PostSnag

Last updated 29 days ago

PostSnag's Folders organize your captured posts into named collections, separate from which profile or group a post originally came from. You can create up to 10 folders per account, add any post to one or more of them, and rename or delete a folder any time you want.

Use folders for whatever grouping makes sense for your work: a specific client, a campaign, a content pillar you're researching, a swipe file of proven post formats. Folders are for building something over time. If you just want to save a single post or profile to come back to later, that's what Bookmarks are for. See How do I bookmark posts, profiles, and groups?

[SCREENSHOT: The Folders page with a grid of folder cards, each showing a thumbnail and post count]

Creating a folder

There are two ways to start one:

  1. From anywhere in the dashboard: click the + next to the Folders label in the left navigation. A text field opens right there, so you can name it and confirm without leaving the page you're on.
  2. From the Folders page: open All folders in the left navigation, click New folder, type a name in the field that appears, then click Create (or Cancel to back out).

Once you're at 10 folders, the sidebar + button relabels itself Limit reached, and the Create new folder option inside the Add to folder window (see below) disables with Folder limit reached. Delete a folder you're not using to free up a slot; see below.

Adding posts to a folder

  1. Find any post card, on a profile's own page, Discovery, Bookmarks, Folders, Analytics, or a Group's Posts tab.
  2. Click the ··· menu on the card.
  3. Choose Add to folder.
  4. In the window that opens, pick an existing folder. Each one shows its current post count, or Already in if that post is already saved there.
  5. If you're under the 10-folder limit, you can also create a new folder from inside this same window instead of picking an existing one.

A post can belong to more than one folder at the same time. Adding it to a second folder doesn't remove it from the first.

You don't have to add posts one at a time. Multi-select several posts, on the Posts page, a profile, or inside a group, and use Add to folder from the action bar that slides up at the bottom to add them all in one go.

The Folders page and a folder's own page

The Folders page (All folders in the left navigation) shows a card for every folder you've made: a thumbnail pulled from its first post, or a plain folder icon if it's still empty, the folder's name, and its post count. The page subtitle keeps a running count, like "3/10 folders."

Click a folder to open its own page: a back link to All folders, the folder name as the page heading, a post-count subtitle, and the full grid of posts inside it. An empty folder shows "This folder is empty." with a nudge to add posts from the library.

If you have zero folders, the Folders page shows a Create your first folder button in place of the grid.

Renaming a folder

Open a folder's options, either from its card on the Folders page or from its own page, and choose Rename. Type the new name and confirm. Renaming doesn't touch what's inside the folder; the posts and the post count stay exactly the same, only the label changes.

Deleting a folder

Open the same options menu and choose Delete. PostSnag asks you to confirm, since deleting a folder can't be undone.

Deleting a folder removes the folder itself, not the posts inside it. Everything that was grouped there stays captured in your library exactly as it was; it just isn't grouped under that folder name anymore. If a post was only ever in that one folder, it's simply not in any folder until you add it to another one.

Deleting a folder also frees up a slot toward your 10-folder cap, so it's the way to make room for a new one once you've hit the limit.

[SCREENSHOT: A folder's options menu showing Rename and Delete]

Common questions

How many folders can I create?

Up to 10 per account. The + button in the sidebar relabels to Limit reached once you're at the cap, and the Add to folder window's own Create new folder option disables the same way. Deleting a folder you don't need frees up a slot.

Can I add the same post to more than one folder?

Yes. A post can belong to multiple folders at once. The Add to folder window shows which ones it's already in, so you always know before you click.

Can I delete a folder?

Yes. Open the folder's options, from its card or its own page, and choose Delete. PostSnag asks you to confirm first. Deleting a folder removes the folder, not the posts inside it; those stay in your library.

Can I rename a folder after creating it?

Yes, any time. Open the folder's options and choose Rename. The posts inside and the post count don't change, only the name.

Is a folder the same as a bookmark?

No. A bookmark is a one-click save on a single post, profile, or group, with no name or grouping involved. A folder is a named collection you build yourself, meant to hold more than one post around a theme. See How do I bookmark posts, profiles, and groups?

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