Folder organization

AI File Organizer for Mac and Windows

Move documents, images, and other supported files into folders chosen by content, metadata, or your existing folder names. Keep filenames or rename them at the same time.

Three ways to choose a folder
Move only, or rename and move
Local AI available on Mac and Windows

Download for macOS (Apple Silicon)

Documentation

Choose the folder rule first. Check the proposed destinations before applying a batch.

RenameClick Sort folders editor listing folders with a description of what goes in each

Watch the workflow

Before and after examples

Original	Suggested name	Suggested folder
`Scan_0021.pdf`	`2026-03-14_acme-supplies_invoice_1187.pdf` Rename and Sort both on, with Your folders. One changed file uses one apply credit.	Documents/Invoices
`IMG_4471.HEIC`	`IMG_4471.HEIC` Date and place folders from the EXIF capture date, with Rename off so the name stays.	Photos/2026/07
`northwind_agreement_v2.pdf`	`northwind_agreement_v2.pdf` Existing folders chose a client folder already in the output folder.	Clients/Northwind

Choose how the destination is decided

Method	What decides the folder	Use it when
Your folders	AI picks one of the folders you list, using file content	You need document types or other meaningful categories.
Date and place	Date, place, EXIF, and fixed text form the path	You need folders based on recorded values.
Existing folders	AI picks one of the folders already in your output folder, nested ones included	You already have client or project folders.

A first batch, step by step

Start with a folder whose files you can check. The examples above are illustrative; the folder each file receives depends on your folder set and on the file content.

Turn on Sort and choose a folder set in Sort folders. Leave Rename off if the names should stay.
Drop the folder. Enable Recursive only if the subfolders belong in the same batch.
Inspect the suggested folder for each row and deselect anything that should stay where it is.
Apply the selected rows. Undo is available in the Rename workspace if a destination was wrong.

Give similar categories a clear description

Start with a built-in folder set such as Everyday, or create Your folders with a short description of what goes in each. Explain what distinguishes Invoices from Receipts, for example. The folder choice uses file content independently of the Rename instructions.

Set up document categories

Build folders from metadata

Each folder level in Date and place adds one folder to the path. Choose the date source deliberately: capture date, file creation date, and modification date can differ. Set a When missing folder for absent EXIF values.

Set up Date and place folders

Use the folders you already have

Existing folders sorts files into the folders already in your output folder, including nested folders and folders kept by year, and learns what each folder holds from the files already filed there. It does not invent new categories. On the Rename screen, a file that no folder fits waits under Needs your choice, so you pick its folder before anything moves.

Set up Existing folders

Choose what changes on disk

Turn on Sort without Rename to keep the current names. Enable both to rename and move. Add your files, inspect destinations, and apply the selected rows. Folder drops include direct files by default; enable Recursive for subfolders.

Analysis does not use RenameClick credits. Free includes 100 renames or moves each month. Renaming and moving one file in the same action uses one credit; failed changes use none. Pro removes the apply limit. External API charges are separate.

Use a watched folder for recurring intake

An Auto Flow row can reuse your Sort folders set and process incoming supported files while RenameClick runs. Watch queues files; Auto Apply decides whether the row applies its suggestions automatically.

Explore Auto Flow

See the workflow in RenameClick

RenameClick Sort folders menu with Everyday, Documents, Media Files, Capture date and Match folders — Choose the source of the folder decision: content, metadata, or existing folders.

RenameClick Date and place editor building year, month and day folders — Each folder level becomes one level in the destination path.

RenameClick Existing folders editor with the output folder and its subfolders — Existing folders sorts into the folders already in your output folder, nested ones included.

FAQ

Can I organize files locally?

Choose Local for on-device analysis after downloading its model. Optional cloud providers in the direct macOS and Windows builds use your API key and receive content for analysis; their charges are separate. The Mac App Store build excludes cloud providers.

Does RenameClick move files without asking?

No. In the Rename workspace, analysis produces suggested destinations, and files move only when you apply the selected rows. Auto Flow applies changes automatically only when Auto Apply is enabled for that rule.

Can it organize my Downloads folder on its own?

Yes, with an Auto Flow rule that watches Downloads while RenameClick is running. Filter the files you want, choose Move or Copy, reuse a Sort folders set, and keep Auto Apply off until you have checked the first results.

Which method should I start with?

Use Your folders when folder names describe document types or topics, Date and place when dates, places or camera data define the structure, and Existing folders when the client or project folders already exist. One rule uses one method; connect Auto Flow rules to combine them in stages.