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title: Creating and Sharing Folders
description: Folders control user access to specific documents within an organization. Any document moved into a shared folder becomes available to the Users and Teams who have had that folder shared with them.
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# Creating and Sharing Folders
## Folders control user access to specific documents within an organization. Any document moved into a shared folder becomes available to the Users and Teams who have had that folder shared with them.
### Overview
Folders can be created, managed, and shared by **Admins only**.
An effective folder structure will help keep documents organized and ensure correct document access. This helps maintain compliance across your organization and ultimately increases productivity and efficiency.
### Creating a folder
1. From the Home page, navigate to the **gear icon** in the lower-left corner of your screen.
2. In the Company section of the sidebar, select **Folders**
3. Click on the **Create folder** button in the top-right corner
4. Name the new folder
5. If the folder's location should be within an existing folder, select the **Place folder inside** checkbox and select its parent folder from the dropdown.
- *Note that users and teams who have access to the parent folder will have automatic access to this child folder.*
6. Select **Create** or **Create & Share**
7. **Create & Share** saves the folder and opens the Share modal to select users and teams you would like to give Folder access to. These users will have access to **all** templates and signed documents inside of the folder and any child folders located inside of the parent folder.
8. Once all users and teams have been checked, click **Save**.
### Granting access rights to folders
1. From the Home page, navigate to the **gear icon** in the lower-left corner of your screen.
2. In the Company section of the sidebar, select **Folders**
3. Check the checkbox for each folder to which you'd like to assign access
4. Click on the **Share** button in the upper toolbar
5. A **Share** modal will open. Search and select Users and Teams.
6. Click the **Save** button
*Note that users with access to a parent folder have **access to all sub-folders**. Users added solely to a sub-folder will only be given access to documents within the sub-folder and any folders therein, but not to its parent folder.*
*Note that inviting participants to a document that is located within a shared folder does not grant access to that folder. If a user is shared to a document within a folder, they will only have access to the document.*
### Sharing folders from the Document page/Inbox
Admins can manage and share Shared folders directly from their Inbox.
1. Navigate to your Documents page/Inbox from the left-hand navigation panel.
2. In the sidebar, click on **Shared folders** to expand the section
3. Click the three vertical dots icon to open the options menu and select **Share**
4. A **Share** modal will open. Search and select Users and Teams.
\- OR -
1. From the **Shared folders** section in the sidebar, select a folder
2. Click the **Share** button that appears in the top right-hand corner
3. A **Share** modal will open.
4. Search and select the Users and Teams you'd like to share with.
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