Inability to create folders in Freeform hinders professional project management

Folks that work on projects for multiple, distinct organizations, need ways to separate work performed for these entities and further separate different types of projects or phases for each unique organization. Freeform is a good tool for assembling notes and files needed for project management, but it is often not appropriate to share these files with others. I even tried sharing TO separate email addresses in an attempt to 'group' files by email address, but the sharing folder only allows sorting by who the file is FROM. Since all boards in use were created by me, files in the sharing folder cannot be grouped by organization or project.


The inability to create folders and subfolders within Freeform limits its usefulness to little more than a personal scrapbook.


Simply adding a file structure capability within the program would immediately elevate Freeform to a viable professional project management tool.


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Original Title: freeform folders

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Posted on Aug 28, 2025 10:02 AM

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Aug 28, 2025 10:21 AM in response to 49r

49r wrote:

Folks that work on projects for multiple, distinct organizations, need ways to separate work performed for these entities and further separate different types of projects or phases for each unique organization. Freeform is a good tool for assembling notes and files needed for project management, but it is often not appropriate to share these files with others. I even tried sharing TO separate email addresses in an attempt to 'group' files by email address, but the sharing folder only allows sorting by who the file is FROM. Since all boards in use were created by me, files in the sharing folder cannot be grouped by organization or project.

The inability to create folders and subfolders within Freeform limits its usefulness to little more than a personal scrapbook.

Simply adding a file structure capability within the program would immediately elevate Freeform to a viable professional project management tool.

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Original Title: freeform folders


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Inability to create folders in Freeform hinders professional project management

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