Is there a way to organise your files in Shopify? I can see, edit and scroll through my files, and can add ‘views’ - but cannot add any files to these views. What is ‘views’ in files for? Is there some way to organise uploaded files into folders in Shopify? I spend so long searching through uploa…

This post is almost a year old, and I still don’t see a way to organize images. Can you update on where this enhancement is in the product development life cycle?

The only workaround I have found is to use Settings>Files which stores all of the images. You can then search by name for a specific file. This works fine if your images are named well but that’s not always the case especially if they are sourced from vendors. It also supplies the URL if you want to…

BCPablo , DON’T DO IT!!! We rebuilt our website and my boss decided to move from Magento to Shopify (it appeared to be the less expensive option) IT’S NOT! You have to purchase monthly subscriptions to app to make ANYTHING function properly. And I chose a very robust theme. Don’t get me started on m…

Thanks for the info. We haven’t made the switch as of yet. Your figure of around $40,000 sounds close to the estimates I’ve heard so far to move our site over. Thankfully, we don’t have a pressing reason to move at the moment, so we have plenty of time to consider our options. Since I’m the one that…

I am perplexed by this. Not being able to organize and delete images that were uploaded in the variant image window makes zero sense. I just started this today and have spent hours uploading only to find this feature lacking. Deal breaker for me. Too bad, this is a great system other than the image …

It’s been two years - does Shopify not have an answer for this? How do we keep images organized? Or what is an app or outside place to store images in an organized manner? This is incredibly frustrating!!!

Yes, this is a real head scratcher why there can’t be an acceptable image management system. Mind boggling, actually.

Yes another very significant shortcoming of Shopify. As someone here said its a head scratching/mind boggling weakness which any merchant with a high number of SKUs and/or images ie ALL merchants in 2020 that want to have a visually strong eshop!! Usually its a cynical way of getting the Shopify m…

How do you search for the name of a file? The only filter is see is for file size. And clicking on File sorts them from Z to A, and a second click breaks them into small groups and only shows about half of them.

How can I effectively organize my files in Shopify?

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shopbyarianna August 10, 2020, 4:22pm 13

Hi,
I want to create folders in the “admin > settings > files” section for better handling of my files such as one for slideshow images, second for product ones, …
Is it possible?

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How can I effectively organize my files in Shopify?

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