# Creating Sub Folders within a main **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-mac\ **Created:** [January 3, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/creating-sub-folders-within-a-main/519975 "2020-01-03T01:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kevinrevallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@kevinrevallo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kevinrevallo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/creating-sub-folders-within-a-main/519975/1 "2020-01-03T01:51:13Z")
What I am trying to do is create a Sub movie/TV folder under a category - example: I have a category called War Movies - What I want to do is create another folder under War movies for Band of brother episodes… I want to do this without flooding my War movies folder with every episode of BoB… How can I go about that without creating a totally new category on the main menu ---
**Author:** ![beckfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/beckfield/32/7227_2.png) [@beckfield](https://forums.plex.tv/u/beckfield)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/creating-sub-folders-within-a-main/519975/2 "2020-01-03T02:37:17Z")
Plex doesn’t support subsections within libraries. In this particular case, you’re also trying to mix TV episodes with movies, which won’t work either. ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/creating-sub-folders-within-a-main/519975/3 "2020-01-03T02:41:08Z")
You can mix movies and TV shows in a playlist. > [@\[HowTo\] Create Playlists](https://forums.plex.tv/t/howto-create-playlists-updated-for-new-ui/146040): > > Please don't report problems in replies to How To posts. They don't get noticed. If you want to report a bug or ask a question, please post it in the appropriate forum, where it will have the best chance of being seen. Replies to How-Tos should be in reference to the article itself (typos, clarifications, etc.). Creating Playlists This article refers to Music playlists, but the instructions apply to Movie libraries as well. Photo playlists may be created as well, but some of the Selection pr… ---
**Author:** ![beckfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/beckfield/32/7227_2.png) [@beckfield](https://forums.plex.tv/u/beckfield)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/creating-sub-folders-within-a-main/519975/4 "2020-01-03T02:43:19Z")
He’ll still have to have separate Movie and TV libraries. He’s trying to avoid that, and Plex just can’t do that. ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/creating-sub-folders-within-a-main/519975/5 "2020-01-03T02:53:22Z")
> [@beckfield](#): > > He’ll still have to have separate Movie and TV libraries. Understand. Thought maybe a playlist might be an acceptable workaround. Have a playlist with the war movies then add the episodes of Band of Brothers. Not physically organized as desired, but you still see a list of the desired content. ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/creating-sub-folders-within-a-main/519975/6 "2020-01-03T03:07:28Z")
You can make a War collection by adding the same collection tag to the show and the movies ![Screen Shot 2020-01-02 at 7.06.33 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/6/4/647b3a9e4ad8fbb101169415250281bf6518e6fc.png) ---
**Author:** ![kevinrevallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@kevinrevallo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kevinrevallo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/creating-sub-folders-within-a-main/519975/7 "2020-01-03T03:12:49Z")
How do you create the War Collection? Right now I have a folder with War Movies, Do I put BoB on the TV section and tag it as War? If so how does one go about that? ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/creating-sub-folders-within-a-main/519975/8 "2020-01-03T03:15:15Z")
just add a the same tag to all of them. Yes leave BoB in the tv library just give it the same collection tag ![Screen Shot 2020-01-02 at 7.14.11 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/d/c/dc29273664bfc30388a7ce072bef40a1a8a634c1.png) ![Screen Shot 2020-01-02 at 7.16.36 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/b/f/bff994374cb5d2d32c5b85c8fa621527ba64c882.png) ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/creating-sub-folders-within-a-main/519975/9 "2020-01-03T03:21:26Z")
You can also select / edit multiple movies time. Select desired movies, click on pencil to edit (to the far right of “Deselect All”), then add desired Collection name. ![Screenshot (204)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/f/7/f7af0fb98512c71d606cd67e89e8abfae92678de.png) ---
**Author:** ![kevinrevallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@kevinrevallo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kevinrevallo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/creating-sub-folders-within-a-main/519975/10 "2020-01-03T03:31:21Z")
Geez I hate asking all these questions… so when I go into particular file and click the pencil I do not have the options you are showing under tags. - all I see is Writers and Directors and no way to add a field… I am sorry folks for being such a nube ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/creating-sub-folders-within-a-main/519975/11 "2020-01-03T03:59:57Z")
Edit the show as a whole, not the individual episodes ![Screen_Shot_2020-01-02_at_8_01_01_PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/6/b/6b8bd5e1b2ccd9282ddcd2538139f155f0136969.png) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/creating-sub-folders-within-a-main/519975/12 "2020-04-02T04:07:51Z")
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