Items are stored in folders in ArcGIS Online Folders are specific to each member account, and they help you organize the items you own, making them easier to find.
Organizing items into folders can also help you identify related items. For example, you can create a folder to store dependent items. Place items such as source files and the layers you create from them, a set of web maps and scenes that contain those layers, and apps you create that contain those web maps in the same folder. That way, you know all the items in that folder are related and interdependent. You can also create folders to store the items you create for specific projects and move relevant items to each project folder.
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If you're an organization administrator, in addition to moving items between folders owned by the item owner, you can also move content from one member to another (change ownership). See Manage content for instructions.
If you plan ahead, you can create the folders you need before you create items. Then, when you add items, publish layers, or create maps or apps, you can choose the corresponding folder to store the item. To create folders, open My content in the Content page, click Create new folder, type a folder name, and click OK.
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4-byte Unicode characters are not supported in folder names.
Sometimes, it isn't possible to create all the necessary folders before you create items, or you may decide that you need to change how you organize your content. In that case, you can move items you own from one folder to another. When moving items, you can choose an existing folder or create one.
Item owners, organization administrators, and data curators can move items from one folder to another. Organization administrators can also move items as part of managing items for an organization member.
Move a single item
You can move an item while you have its item page open. The current folder location for the item is listed in the Folder section on the Overview tab.
The item owner, organization administrator, or data curator can follow the steps below to move a single item between folders.
- Open the item page and click the Overview tab.
- Click Move in the Folder section on the Overview tab.
The Move Item window appears.
- If you need to create a folder for the item, click Create new folder, type a name for the folder, and press Enter.
The new folder is added to the folder list.
- Select a folder from the list and click Save.
The item is moved to the folder you selected.
Move multiple items
If you own the items, you can move more than one item to the same destination folder by choosing multiple items in the Content page and moving them.
Organization administrators or data curators can move multiple items owned by another member, but they must access the member's items first.
If you own the items, follow the steps below to move one or more items to a different folder.
- Sign in to the organization as the owner of the items.
- Click Content at the top of the portal and click My content.
- Check the box next to each item you want to move to a new folder, and click Move.
The Move window appears.
- If you need to create a folder for the items, click Create new folder, type a name for the folder, and press Enter.
The new folder is added to the folder list.
- Select a folder from the list and click Save.
The items are moved to the folder you selected.