// docs · using snipstack
Folders and tags
Organize snippets with nested folders and tags, and what happens when you delete them.
Folders
Folders can be nested as deep as you like. Create one with Cmd+Shift+N or Ctrl+Shift+N, or a subfolder with the palette action New subfolder. Drag folders and snippets to reorganize them, or use Move to… in a snippet’s context menu (Move to folder… in the palette). In the folder tree, Option+Up or Alt+Up / Option+Down or Alt+Down reorder a folder and Option+Right or Alt+Right / Option+Left or Alt+Left indent or outdent it.
A folder cannot be moved into itself or one of its subfolders, and its name cannot be empty.
Deleting a folder
When a folder you delete still has content, Snipstack tells you how many snippets and subfolders it holds and offers:
- Move contents to the parent folder (or Move contents to top level), the default: the snippets and subfolders move up one level and are kept.
- Move snippets to Trash: the snippets go to the Trash and the subfolders are deleted with the folder.
A snippet whose folder no longer exists shows as Unfiled.
Tags
Add a tag with T, then type to search for a tag or create a new one. Tag names ignore upper/lower case of ASCII letters and surrounding spaces, so Docker and docker are the same tag. Renaming a tag to a name that already exists is refused (“A tag named “x” already exists”).
Give a tag a colour from its menu in the sidebar: Sky, Cyan, Teal, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink, Purple, Indigo, or no colour.
Deleting a tag removes it from its snippets; the snippets themselves stay.
If you create the same tag on two synced devices, the two are merged into the older one.
Finding things
Tags are searched; folder names are not, but the command palette matches folders by their path (type / to see only folders). The Untagged view lists snippets with no tag. See Search.