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Stay organised by moving items between folders. Items in your Projects folder include folders, designs, brand templates, images, and videos.

You can only move and remove items to and from folders that you created, own, or have edit access to. Learn more about folder sharing permissions.

Additionally, team admins and owners with at least View access to a folder or an item can move and delete it.

Preview items in a folder

Selecting an image, video, or Affinity file opens a full-screen preview where you can:

  • View file details (name, size, upload date)
  • Take quick actions like Rename, Move, Download, or Open in editor

File preview is currently supported for images, videos, Affinity (.af) files, and Legacy Affinity file formats (.afdesign, .afphoto, and .afpub).

Other file types (e.g. ZIP, INDD, HTML) display a thumbnail icon only.

Quickly browse and preview supported file types directly from your folders. Check file details and take quick actions without opening the editor.

  1. From the homepage, go to
    Projects.
  2. Click an image, video, or Affinity files to open it in full-screen.
  3. Use your keyboard arrows or the on-screen arrows to scroll.
  4. For images and videos:
    • Click
      More for options like Edit, Move, or Download.
    • Click Open in editor to make changes.
  5. For Affinity files:
    • Click Open in editor to convert to a Canva Design, or use as media in a new design.
  6. To close the preview, select the X button in the top-right corner or press Esc.

Move item to a folder

You can move items (Designs, Brand templates, Images, Videos) to another folder from the Homepage, Projects page, Editor, and from inside folders.

Note: You can't move items to a folder if the designs are shared from a different team or if you're not part of that team.

  1. From the source team’s homepage, go to
    Projects.
  2. Hover over each design, file, or folder and select the checkbox. You can select multiple items. Brand Templates can’t be copied this way.
  3. Select
    Move. Choose where to move the items:
    1. To an existing folder:
      • Folders you recently used will appear under the Recent tab, while all your folders (both owned by you and shared with you) will be under the All tab.
    2. To a new folder:
      • Go to the All tab.
      • Select Your Projects.
      • Select + Create new, name your folder.
      • Select Move to new folder to confirm.

Move multiple items to a folder

Move multiple items to a folder

  1. To select the item, tick the
    checkbox that appears.
  2. Select the other items you want to move in bulk.
  3. Select the
    folder icon at the bottom of the page.
  4. Select the folder where you want to move the item. Folders you recently used will appear under the Recent tab, while all your folders (both owned by you and shared with you) will be under the All tab.
  5. Select Move to finish.

Select multiple items via marquee selection

Use marquee select to select multiple items in the

Uploads or
Projects tab from the homepage or editor.

  1. From the homepage (recent) or editor, go to the
    Uploads or
    Projects tab.
  2. Click and hold your mouse on an empty area, then drag to draw a selection box around the items you want to select.
  3. Release the mouse button. All items within the selection box are highlighted.

Select multiple items with keyboard shortcuts

Applicable to desktop app and browser only.To select all visible items:

  1. Select the checkbox on the first item.
  2. Press Cmd + A (Mac) or Ctrl + A (Windows).

To select a range:

  1. Select the checkbox on the first item.
  2. Hold Shift, then select the last item.

To extend your selection:

  • Hold Shift + Arrow keys (Left, Right, Up, Down).

Where you can use these shortcuts:

  • Homepage: Projects
  • Editor: Uploads and Projects

Canva Free folders can contain up to 200 items. Canva Pro, Canva Teams, Canva Education, and Canva for Nonprofits folders can hold up to 5000 items.

Add elements to a folder

Add elements to a folder

  1. Go to
    Elements.
  2. Hover your cursor over the element you want to add to a folder and click the
    ellipsis icon.
  3. Click
    Add to folder.
  4. Choose the folder where you want to move the element. Folders you recently used will appear under the Recent tab, while all your folders (both owned by you and shared with you) will be under the All tab.
  5. Select Add to folder.

You can view your folders from the homepage in

Projects or from the
Folders tab in the editor side panel.

Remove items from a folder

Remove items from a folder

  1. Go to the folder where the item is saved.
  2. Right-click on the item you want to remove.
  3. Select
    Remove from folder (does not delete the file). If you want to delete it, select
    Move to Trash.

Deleted designs will be stored in your Trash folder for 30 days, where you can still recover them.

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