{"id":25082,"date":"2023-02-28T08:43:21","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T13:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=25082"},"modified":"2023-02-28T09:53:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:53:04","slug":"25082-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/25082-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Organize the Contents of Folders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>How to Organize the Contents of Folders<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #999999;\">This tip is for Windows 10 &amp; Windows 11<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">One question we are asked often is how to organize folders by date, name, type, and so on. Here\u2019s how to sort and organize folders in just about any way you want to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Open any folder and right-click on a blank space in the folder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">You\u2019ll see a menu appear. Click on \u201cSort by\u201c, and you\u2019ll see another menu appear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/sorting0.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Windows tips\" width=\"570\" height=\"480\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Above Windows 10, below Windows 11<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2023\/sort11.png\" alt=\"Sort folder contents in Windows 11 - Cloudeight\" width=\"600\" height=\"414\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">From that menu, you\u2019ll be able to sort all the items in that folder by Name, Date, Type, Size, and Tags. You\u2019ll also see that you can sort them in ascending or descending order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">So, if you wanted to sort files by date in ascending order you would put the newest files at the bottom and the oldest files at the top. If you add a new item to that folder, it will be placed at the bottom just like he wants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">You can sort any folder this way by name, date, type, size, and tags and in ascending or descending order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Let\u2019s do another example: Let\u2019s sort a folder by name. If we choose ascending order, files will be alphabetically sorted from A to Z. If we choose descending order, files will be alphabetically sorted from Z to A. See?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/sorting1.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Windows tips\" width=\"486\" height=\"719\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Above: Files sorted by name in ascending order.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Below: Files sorted by name in descending order.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/sorting2.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Windows tips\" width=\"483\" height=\"714\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">You can use this method to sort any folder and organize it any way you want.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/donation.htm\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/keepon1.png\" alt=\"Help us help you.\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>THANK YOU FOR HELPING US!<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">When you support us with a small gift, you help us continue our mission to keep you informed, separate the truth from the hyperbole, and help you stay safer online. 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