Genius Scan
  • Getting Started
    • Quick Start Guide
      • Genius Scan at a glance
      • Scan documents
      • Take quality scans
      • Quick edit actions
  • Document Management
    • Viewing & Editing Documents
      • Edit, crop and rotate a scan
      • Renaming documents
      • Change a document's page size
      • Delete a document
      • Delete a page
      • Sign and annotate your scans
      • Set up a default filter
    • Organizing Documents
      • Sorting documents
      • Tagging documents and managing tags
      • Create and manage folders
      • Select multiple documents
      • Search your documents
    • Managing Multi-Page Documents
      • Select multiple pages
      • Adding pages to an existing document
      • Merging and splitting documents
      • Reordering pages
      • Moving pages between documents
    • Text Recognition / OCR
      • Enable text recognition
      • Copy text of my scans
      • Search scans with their content
      • Scan and extract a business card
      • Apply Text Recognition on all your old documents
    • Importing pictures and files
      • Import pictures and files (PDF, JPEG...)
      • Import Word, Excel, Web Documents
  • Exporting & Sharing
    • Export Formats & Options
      • Export Scans as PDF
      • Export Scans as JPEG
      • Export Scans as Text
      • Adjusting export settings
    • Export Destination & Shortcuts
      • Manual export instructions
      • Share a document by email
      • Update the email used to export a document
      • Configuring export shortcuts
      • Auto-export rules and configuration
      • Check a document's export history
      • Verify if your documents have been backed up
      • Automatically delete a document after export
    • Service-Specific Guides
      • Export to another app
      • Export to WhatsApp
      • Export via WebDAV
      • Export via FTP
      • Export to the photo gallery
      • Export to Canvas
      • Export via SFTP/FTPS
      • Export to a computer
      • Export to your device memory
      • Export to QuickBooks Online
      • Print documents
    • Expense Reports
      • Set up expense report
      • Generate an expense report
  • Cloud Storage & Backup
    • Back up Overview
    • Built-in Cloud Overview
      • Synchronization & Backup
      • Offloading documents
      • How documents sync across devices automatically
      • Search and filter documents
      • Resolving synchronisation conflicts ⚠️
    • Manual Back-up
    • Transfer Documents to a New Device
  • Subscription, Plans & Account Management
    • Plan Details & Comparison
      • How to subscribe to an advanced plan
      • What happens when my subscription expires?
      • What plan do I have?
      • Cancel your subscription
      • Upgrade or downgrade my subscription
      • Get a receipt from your purchase history
      • Ask for a refund
      • Share my purchase with my family
    • Account Management
      • Create your account
      • Delete your account
      • Update your email address
      • Reset your password
    • Buying Multiple Licenses Online
      • Buy licenses online
      • Manage your licenses
      • Manage billing information
      • Understand pricing & renewal
  • Security & Privacy
    • Document Protection
    • Privacy & Security Overview
    • Privacy Policy
  • Advanced & Developer Resources
    • Genius Scan SDK
    • Configure Genius Scan with a MDM
    • Launch Genius Scan from another app (Developers Guide)
  • Other topics
    • Accessibility Features
    • Troubleshooting & FAQ
      • Troubleshoot Scanning
        • Better automatic document detection
        • How to remove shadows from my scans?
        • My scans are upside down, how can I fix that?
        • What is the DPI of my Scans?
        • How to disable the shutter sound?
        • The camera doesn't work
      • Troubleshooting Email Problems
        • Emails are not sending, or your recipient receives them after a long time
        • The Send button is inactive when I try to email a scanned document
        • An error message tells me my email is not configured
        • I receive multiple emails from Genius Scan
        • I can't send an email on Android
      • I thought I signed up for an account but I can't log in anymore
      • How to recover lost or deleted documents?
      • Genius Scan is taking too much space, what can I do?
      • How to improve the quality of Text Recognition?
      • How to fix the Genius Scan iCloud Drive folder not appearing?
      • Genius Scan is stuck updating
      • How to restore the purchase of the Genius Scan premium features?
      • Why isn't Text Recognition running?
      • How to change Genius Scan's language?
    • Known Issues
      • Send a bug or crash report
      • Scans are blurry on iPhone 15
      • Unable to log in to Expensify
      • Unable to log in to Evernote
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  • Create a folder
  • Scan documents from inside a folder
  • Move a document/folder to another folder
  • Move multiple documents to a folder
  1. Document Management
  2. Organizing Documents

Create and manage folders

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Last updated 21 days ago

Folders help you organize your documents within the Genius Scan app.

They’re great for people with lots of documents that need to be organized thoroughly and those who want to export multiple documents at once. Folders will be on top of all other documents when you open the Genius Scan app.

Create a folder

  • Open Genius Scan.

  • Tap the Settings icon .

  • Choose New folder.

  • Name your new folder.

You can now scan documents from inside your folders or move documents to your folders.

Scan documents from inside a folder

  • Open Genius Scan

  • Tap a folder

  • Tap the + sign (iOS) or the Camera icon (Android).

Move a document/folder to another folder

On iOS, there are two ways to move your documents and folders:

  • Long-press the folder or document you want to move and choose Move. Then, choose the folder where you want to move your document.

  • Press the folder or document you want to move to drag and drop it into another folder.

Long-press the folder or document you want to move and tap the Folder icon. Then, choose the folder where you want to move your document.

Move multiple documents to a folder

You can select multiple documents to move them to a folder simultaneously.

  1. Open Genius Scan, tap the Settings icon and choose Select.

  1. Tap a document to add it to the selection. You can tap as many documents as you need. Then, tap Move at the bottom of your screen and select the folder you want to move your documents to.

You can also tap two documents simultaneously and add any extra documents to your selection by tapping them. Then, tap Move at the bottom of your screen.

  1. Long press on a document to enable the multiple selection mode and tap other documents to add them to the selection. You can tap as many documents as you need.

  2. Tap the Folder icon at the top of your screen and choose the folder where you want to export your documents simultaneously.

You can also order your documents by name or date inside your folders. Other ways to organize your documents are and .

smart name templates
tags
A grey pop-up appears where you can enter your folder's name
An orange pop-up appears where you can enter your folder's name
The Move button is at the bottom of the screen
The folder is highlighted so you can choose the Move button
The move button is at the top of your screen
The Settings icon is a magnifying glass
The move button is at the bottom of your screen
The Folder icon is at the top of your screen