---
title: Create a folder
description: "Add a new folder inside a bucket, why the New folder button is sometimes greyed out, and what quickS3 actually stores when a folder is empty."
section: Files
order: 30
audience: [owner, admin, member]
status: published
lastVerified: 2026-09-15
sources:
  - web/src/components/app/bucket-browser/CreateFolderDialog.tsx
  - web/src/components/app/BucketBrowser.tsx
  - src/objects/routes/objects.update.ts
---

1. Open the bucket and go to the folder where the new one should go.
2. Select **New folder**.
3. Type a name and select **Create**, or press Enter.

<figure>
  <img src="/docs/screenshots/v1.3.2/create-folder-name-light.png" alt="New folder dialog with reports typed as the folder name, the note that it will be created in the current location, and Cancel and Create buttons." width="521" height="154" loading="lazy" />
  <figcaption>The folder is created wherever you are when you open the dialog.</figcaption>
</figure>

**New folder** is only enabled where you have Write access. If it's greyed out, ask an Owner or Admin for a role with Write on that bucket or folder.

## Good to know

Buckets don't really have folders. A file's full name, like `reports/2026/summary.pdf`, includes its path, and quickS3 shows everything up to the last `/` as folders. When you create an empty folder, quickS3 stores a tiny placeholder file named `reports/` so the folder shows up before anything is in it. Other tools, like your provider's console, may show that placeholder as a file.

You only need **New folder** for a folder that starts out empty. Folders also appear on their own as soon as files are uploaded into them.