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How do you create folders in Hotmail?

I've been working with hotmail for a long time and all my pals have my Hotmail address, so I am not interested in leaving for another web-based email service. I am, however, interested in learning how to organize my huge mailbox a bit better, and was hoping you could explain how to create and use a folder?


Dave's Answer:

If you can look beyond the advertising all over the page, Hotmail is a reasonably reliable web-based email solution, and certainly one that's been around since even before the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. It's ancient in Web terms!

The interface isn't the most sophisticated, but it's still serviceable. To create a new folder, look on the left side of your Hotmail account window and notice that under all the folder names is "Manage Folders":

Hotmail Manage Folders

Click on that, and you'll go to a screen with a nice overview of your existing mailboxes and folders, but it'll also include the all-important set of buttons on the top graphical element:

Hotmail Create New Folders

Click on "new" and you'll be asked for the name of your new folder:

Hotmail Create Folder

Type in the desired name, click "OK" and you've now got a folder set up in your Hotmail account. I created a test folder called "Test Folder", ingeniously enough.

It's pretty easy!

Now whenever you read a message and want to save it in the new folder, simply choose the message or messages, then click on "Put in Folder", which shows you a list of possible folders, including the new one you've created:

Hotmail Put Message in Folder

I hope that'll get you going with Hotmail folders. And stay tuned - rumor has it that the next generation of the Hotmail web interface is going to be quite an improvement!



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Posted by: Colin at March 19, 2008 12:41 PM

Over time, I have developed too many hotmail FOLDERS. How can I delete ENTIRE HM FOLDERS, in order to start condensing things, Rick

Posted by: Rick at April 22, 2008 4:46 PM

You would have to agree that making folders is a no-brainer. The thing I can't do however (and I hope I am not missing something obvious) is to make a folder WITHIN another folder, that is, arrange folders in a hierarchical manner. if you can't do that, the you will end up with a dozens of folders that you need to scroll through to find the right one.

Regards,

Robert

Posted by: Robert Nicol at August 10, 2008 5:47 AM

Can not delete an older folder. Can add new but not delete old ones !!!

Posted by: Clyde at November 13, 2008 6:53 PM

How do I send a folder to one of my contacts?

Posted by: Zoe at January 4, 2009 5:10 PM

Right now, I am using my hotmail account at msn live windows and i can not find "put in folder" option or button.

Actually I want to create a folder there. Please help me...

Thanks in advanced

Alex

Posted by: Cheap Logo Design at July 9, 2009 7:42 AM

I'm a new hotmail user, and needed to create a new folder. I couldn't figure out how, so I googled " how to create a new folder in hotmail" it took me to your site........SWEET. ...Thanks Dave

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