How to Create New Folders in Files App for iOS

How to Create New Folders in Files App for iOS

The Files app for iOS provides access to iCloud Drive and every file or folder contained within it, whether for individual apps or things you have uploaded yourself to iCloud Drive. If you want to better organize your files in the iOS Files app, you can easily create new folders in Files app. The Files app on iOS behaves the same on iPhone and iPad, but it may look slightly different to accommodate the different screen sizes. For the demonstration screenshots here, were using an iPad, but the behavior to create a new folder in Files app is the same for an iPhone too. You can create as many new folders as you want this way. You may find this particularly useful if you want to create a folder for particular files, pictures, or data, and if its accessed frequently, then you can for quicker access. * You can only create new folders in the iCloud Drive section of Files app. Curiously, you can not create new folders directly to the On My iPad or On My iPhone location of Files app, nor can you drag and drop a new folder or file into the On My Device location of Files app. Instead, only apps in iOS can save files to those directories or create new folders in those local directories. That may change in a future version of iOS or a new version of Files app, however, who knows. For iOS users who , or who use a Smart Keyboard on iPad Pro, you can create new folders in Files app with a simple keystroke too. The command key shortcut for making new folders in Files app for iOS is: If that new folder keystroke looks familiar, its probably because the same keystroke will create a new folder in the Finder of Mac OS too. Remember, the Files app only exists in iOS 11 or later, so if you dont have the Files app it is because you are on an older version of system software. Previously, the Files app was called iCloud Drive, but now the Files app contains both iCloud Drive access and local file access to local items created by apps installed on the iPhone or iPad.