Sort Files And Folders Together on Windows 11: How to do it

Using the Group by option can achieve similar results

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Published onSeptember 12, 2024

published onSeptember 12, 2024

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If you want to sort files and folders together on Windows 11, there are a few limitations that you should know about. To learn more, be sure to keep on reading.

How do I sort files and folders together on Windows 11?

1. Use Group by option

This isn’t the best option for sorting, but it will group both files and folders, allowing you to easily find the one you’re looking for.

2. Use third-party software

Windows doesn’t allow you to sort files and folders together, but this feature might be available in analternative file manager, so be sure to try a few different alternatives and see which one works for you.

Unfortunately, when it comes to file sorting Windows is fairly limited, and if you want to sort files and folders together on Windows 11, your best option would be to use a third-party file manager.

This is because Windows groups folders and files separately, and this has been a design choice for years, and this remains in Windows 11.

To learn more about sorting, we have a great guide on how tosort files by size in Windows 11. Keep in mind that issues with sorting can appear, and many reported thatFile Explorer keeps resetting sort order, but we covered that issue in an earlier guide.

On a related note, users reported thatsort by date modified is not working in Windows 11, but our latest article should help you fix that.

Sort Files And Folders Together on Windows 11: How to do it#

How do I sort files and folders together on Windows 11?#

1. Use Group by option#

2. Use third-party software#

Sort Files And Folders Together on Windows 11: How to do it

How do I sort files and folders together on Windows 11?

1. Use Group by option

2. Use third-party software