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title: "Folders | Grafana Labs"
description: "How the folder you choose both organizes the rule and sets who can edit it."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

## Folders

The **folder** you pick for an alert rule serves two purposes:

1. **Organization:** Groups the rule in the alert rules list so you and your team can find it later
2. **Permissions:** Controls who can view and edit rules inside it. Users with **Edit** permission on the folder can manage the rules in that folder.

[Diagram titled Folders provide organization and restricted access: two example folders, backend-alerts and payment-service, grouped with a line to folder Edit permission](folder-purposes.svg "Diagram titled Folders provide organization and restricted access: two example folders, backend-alerts and payment-service, grouped with a line to folder Edit permission")

## Choose a folder

Pick an existing folder that matches how your team organizes work. If no existing folder fits, you can create one during alert rule setup.

## Good to know

If saving fails because of a name conflict, check whether a rule with the same name already exists in that folder.