Shared With Me - Folder Management for Collaboration Folders
We would like to have a "Shared with Me" folder for any folders we have been collaborated into.
We continually get feature requests for Box to allow a way to organize content shared with me. For example, I'd like to create a "Shared with me" folder that all the content shared with me could be organized into.
I envision this could happen in one of a few ways and there would need to be some determination how much control the end user has....
Option 1:
- Allow end users to check a setting that would create a folder called "Shared With Me". This would also move all folders that someone shared with me into the "Shared With Me" folder.
Option 2:
- Allow end users to manually move folders shared with them into a folder structure of their own design. For example I may create folders such as "Shared from Jim", "Shared from Carol", or "Shared by Andrew

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Anonymous commented
Apparently this has been "on the roadmap" and "under consideration" since 2017 - with the rate that technology advances, I am astounded that Box does not have the wherewithal to accomplish this task.
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Anonymous commented
I also support Option 2, is there any update to this?
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Anonymous commented
This has been a suggestion (in other threads) for over 5 years now. Please make option 2 possible. Thank you
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Anonymous commented
Option 2 is the preferred option. We collaborate on many projects and having only one bucket to put those shared folders into is insufficient. We need to organize shared folders on in our personal hierarchy the way we want. The hierarchy inside a shared folder should only be editable by owners/editors, of course.
Also, this feature has been discussed for 5 years now. It's an obvious feature with a clear need for any organization large enough to have more than one project. It's hard to understand why this hasn't been prioritized. -
Anonymous commented
Voting for Option 2. The inability to organize shared folders is a MAJOR pain point in using Box effectively.
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Anonymous commented
Option 2 please.
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Anonymous commented
Please implement option 2. Google drive has been significantly more advanced in this area for at least 5 years now.
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Anonymous commented
2 please. I find box unusable now. I can't find anything
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Anonymous commented
Voting for Option 2:
- Allow end users to manually move folders shared with them into a folder structure of their own design. For example I may create folders such as "Shared from Jim", "Shared from Carol", or "Shared by AndrewThis is much more useful than just dumping the 2000+ shared files and folders into a "Shared with me" folder.
When do you think this will be available?
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Anonymous commented
Option 2 would be great.
Our team get hundreds of individual files shared with us and without this option it is impossible to manage and organise the documents.
In order to keep our Box tidy we currently download each shared folder and reupload it in a new location which is a complete waste of time.
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Anonymous commented
Option 2 , to eliminate the manual steps and avoid mistakes
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Anonymous commented
Currently, my Box folder contains more than 50 shared folders that have no organizational scheme to them. It is extremely difficult to find materials because I cannot organize these folders into larger categories. For example, I have many folders shared to me for purposes of department business (at a university), but they are scattered here and there in my box folder. If I could organize them all under one folder (such as "Dept_Admin"), then it would be much easier to find them. Box's main competitor (no need to name them) easily allows one to organize shared folders this way, and that is why I generally use their shared folder system whenever possible. My university has chosen to contract with Box, and in this regard, that was a terrible choice.
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Anonymous commented
Option 2, please!
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Anonymous commented
Option 2, please please please!
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Anonymous commented
option 2 please
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Anonymous commented
Option 2
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Anonymous commented
There are threads asking for this *very* obvious feature dating back as far as 2015 that are still active to this day with people chiming in. How is this not solved yet??
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Anonymous commented
How is this not allowed yet? Option 2 please.
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Anonymous commented
Please address this issues. We need to be able to categorize and organize shared folders.
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Anonymous commented
Crazy that this is still not fixed when all of Box's major rivals have had this feature for many years. This is the primary reason I will not use my organizations Box (and privately pay of Google Drive)