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How to Create a Folder in Google Docs

• Mahesh Makvana

  @maheshhari

To create a new folder for your Google Docs documents, you dont necessarily have to open Google Drive. You can make new folders from within Google Docs on the web and mobile and well show you how.

The folders that you create from within Docs are saved alongside your other folders in Google Drive.

Create a Folder in Google Docs on the Web

To create a new folder in Google Docs on a Windows, Mac, Linux, or Chromebook computer, launch a web browser on your computer and open the Google Docs site.

On the Docs site, select the document that youd like to put in a new folder. If you dont already have a document, create one by clicking Blank.

At the top of the Docs editing screen, right next to the document title, click the Move (a folder icon) option.

In the move menu that opens, youll see your Google Drives folders. Here, navigate to the folder where youd like to create a new folder. Then, at the bottom-left corner of this menu, click the New Folder option.

At the top of the move menu, type a name for your new folder. Then, next to the name field, click the checkmark icon. This will create a new folder with your chosen name.

Finally, at the bottom-right corner of the move menu, click Move Here. This moves your current document to the newly created folder.

And thats how you create folders in Google Docs without leaving the editing screen!

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Create a Folder in Google Docs on Mobile

If youre on an iPhone, iPad, or Android phone, use the Google Docs app to create folders.

To do so, first, launch the Google Docs app on your phone. In the app, tap the document which you want to move to the new folder. Or, to create a new document, select the + (plus) sign in the bottom-right corner.

On the Docs editing screen that opens, from the top-right corner, select the three dots.

From the three-dots menu, select Move.

Youll see a My Drive screen that displays your Google Drive folders. On this screen, navigate to the folder in which you want to create a new folder.

Then, at the top-right corner of the My Drive page, tap the folder icon.

A New Folder prompt will open. Here, tap the text field and type your folders name. Then tap Create.

Google Docs will create your new folder. On your current folder screen, from the bottom-right corner, select Move. This moves your current document to the newly made folder.

And thats all it takes to make new folders from within Google Docs on your phone!

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