{"id":11400,"date":"2026-03-30T15:32:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/?post_type=docs&p=11400"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:32:59","password":"","slug":"what-is-the-uncategorized-folder","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/docs\/media-folders\/what-is-the-uncategorized-folder\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Uncategorized Folder?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Uncategorized is a virtual folder that shows every media file NOT assigned to a folder. It’s not a real folder in your database. It’s more like a catch-all view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How It Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When you install Infinite Uploads and haven’t organized anything yet, ALL of your existing media shows up under Uncategorized. That’s normal. It just means those files don’t have a folder assignment yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any time a file doesn’t belong to a specific folder, it appears here. Think of Uncategorized as “everything that hasn’t been filed yet.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Files Show Up in Uncategorized<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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New uploads when no folder is selected land in Uncategorized.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Files removed from a folder (by dragging them to Uncategorized) show up here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Files whose folder was deleted get moved to Uncategorized automatically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The Difference Between “All Files” and “Uncategorized”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
These two virtual folders at the top of the sidebar do different things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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All Files<\/strong> shows every media item in your library, regardless of folder assignment. Everything.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Uncategorized<\/strong> shows only the files that aren’t assigned to any folder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
If all your files are organized into folders, Uncategorized will show a count of zero. All Files will still show your full library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Can I Hide Uncategorized?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
No. Uncategorized is always visible in the sidebar. It’s there so you can always find files that haven’t been organized yet and so you always have a place to put files you don’t want in a specific folder.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Uncategorized is a virtual folder that shows every media file NOT assigned to a folder. It’s not a real folder in your database. It’s more like a catch-all view. How It Works When you install Infinite Uploads and haven’t organized anything yet, ALL of your existing media shows up under Uncategorized. That’s normal. It just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3787,"featured_media":11401,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_doc_category":0,"wds_primary_doc_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[163],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-11400","docs","type-docs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","doc_category-media-folders"],"acf":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":236,"total_views":"68","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Blake Whittle","author_nicename":"blakew","author_url":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/blog\/author\/blakew\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Media Folders","term_url":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/docs-category\/media-folders\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/docs\/11400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/docs\/11400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/11401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=11400"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=11400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}