---
title: "Managing Cloud Drive Folders and Folder Groups for a User Account"
slug: "managing-cloud-drive-folders-and-folder-groups-for-a-user-account-4"
tags: ["8.2", "Portal"]
updated: 2024-12-30T14:46:43Z
published: 2024-12-30T14:46:43Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/managing-cloud-drive-folders-and-folder-groups-for-a-user-account-4"
---

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# Managing Cloud Drive Folders and Folder Groups for a User Account

## Managing Cloud Drive Folders

**To manage cloud folders:**

1. Select **Users > Users** in the navigation pane.  

The **Users** page is displayed.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-HLGDL3Q1.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A48Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A48Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XW1OpgwEYYt2IuGzutxAs1MJtTh6iU5UtoDpckOx2Kw%3D)
2. Click the user's name.  

The user window is displayed with the user name as the window title.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-BESOQYS1.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A48Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A48Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XW1OpgwEYYt2IuGzutxAs1MJtTh6iU5UtoDpckOx2Kw%3D)
3. Select the **Cloud Drive Folders** option.  

The **Cloud Drive Folders** option displays all cloud drive folders owned by the user.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-2D0HT6A9.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A48Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A48Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XW1OpgwEYYt2IuGzutxAs1MJtTh6iU5UtoDpckOx2Kw%3D)
4. Click **Export to Excel** to export the folder details of all the cloud drive folders to a comma separated values (*.csv) Microsoft Excel file on your computer.
5. Select a row and click **View Files** to open the end user portal view with the files from the folder displayed.
6. Select a row and click **Delete** to delete the folder from the cloud drive after confirming this is what is wanted.
7. Click a folder to configure its settings and review its status: The number of files and the storage used by these files.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-VT5OSNH2.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A48Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A48Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XW1OpgwEYYt2IuGzutxAs1MJtTh6iU5UtoDpckOx2Kw%3D)
  - You can add a description for the folder as well as changing the folder and owners names. You can also set the folder to inherit the Windows ACLs from the local PC settings.

## Managing Folder Groups

**To manage folder groups:**

1. Select **Users > Users** in the navigation pane.  

The **Users** page is displayed.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-HLGDL3Q1.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A48Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A48Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XW1OpgwEYYt2IuGzutxAs1MJtTh6iU5UtoDpckOx2Kw%3D)
2. Click the user's name.  

The user window is displayed with the user name as the window title.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-BESOQYS1.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A48Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A48Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XW1OpgwEYYt2IuGzutxAs1MJtTh6iU5UtoDpckOx2Kw%3D)
3. Select the **Folder Groups** option.  

The **Folder Groups** option displays all folder groups associated with the user.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-2V0X6JJP.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A48Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A48Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XW1OpgwEYYt2IuGzutxAs1MJtTh6iU5UtoDpckOx2Kw%3D)

You can perform any of the folder group management tasks described in [Managing Portal Folders and Folder Groups](/v1/docs/managing-portal-folders-and-folder-groups-4).