# How to Organize PingRoom Rooms With Folders

> Press and hold a Room, create or choose a folder, then pin, rename, or remove the folder without changing membership or notifications.

- Published: 2026-10-19
- Author: PingRoom
- Category: How To
- Topics: organize PingRoom Rooms, PingRoom folders, group Rooms by purpose, small group communication app
- Canonical: https://pingroom.io/blog/organize-pingroom-rooms-with-folders
- Cover image: https://pingroom.io/blog/organize-pingroom-rooms-with-folders-cover.webp
- Cover description: Two PingRoom avatars sort blank clay tokens into three wooden trays while Pingo watches at a warm miniature table.

To organize PingRoom Rooms on iPhone, press and hold a Room in the **Ping** tab, choose **New Folder** or an existing folder, and save the move. Press and hold a folder header when you want to rename, pin, unpin, or delete the folder.

Folders change your Room list, not the Rooms themselves. Moving a Room does not change its members, privacy, Quick Pings, notification setting, or History.

## Start with three folders or fewer

Name folders for the reason you look for a Room. A useful first pass might be:

- **Home** for household and family Rooms;
- **Friends** for plans and small-group signals;
- **Projects** for the few team Rooms you open regularly.

Avoid making a folder for every event, sender, and week. If a name does not help you predict what belongs inside, it is another layer to search.

The current [PingRoom App Store listing](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pingroom/id6758355726) describes Room folders, and the version history records their public iPhone release in 1.2. This guide covers the current organizing workflow rather than retelling that release.

## Create the first folder

In the current iPhone app:

1. Open the **Ping** tab.
2. Press and hold the Room you want to file.
3. Choose **New Folder**.
4. Enter a short purpose-based name, such as **Home**.
5. Choose **Create folder**.

The selected Room moves into the new folder. A Room belongs to one folder at a time, so moving it to another folder removes it from the old one.

To add another Room, press and hold it and choose the destination folder. Use the same menu to move a Room elsewhere or choose **Remove from Folder**. A removed Room returns to **All Rooms**; it does not leave PingRoom.

## Pin, rename, or delete the container

Press and hold a folder header to open its actions:

- **Pin folder** keeps the group near the top of its page.
- **Rename folder** changes the label without changing the Rooms inside.
- **Delete folder** removes the container and returns its Rooms to **All Rooms**.

Deleting a folder is different from deleting a Room. Read the confirmation before acting, especially if you have created a shared-folder invitation: deleting the folder can also end links created for that folder.

![Two PingRoom avatars place blank tokens into three shelf trays while Pingo inspects the organized result.](/blog/organize-pingroom-rooms-with-folders-1.webp)

In this illustrative cleanup, two fictional PingRoom avatars sort blank tokens by purpose. [Pingo the Pigeon](/Pingo), our fictional Chief Marketing Officer, studies the shelves but does not organize anyone's account, access a Room, or make the filing decision. His visible contribution is skepticism about a folder named **Miscellaneous 2**.

## Turn on Organized Rooms when the types matter

Open **Settings**, find **Rooms**, and turn on **Organized Rooms** if you want the Ping tab split into **Private**, **Public**, and **Personal** pages that you can swipe between.

Use the pages for Room type and folders for your own purpose. For example, **Home** might contain private household Rooms, while a public neighborhood Room appears on the Public page. Turning on Organized Rooms does not make a Room more private or public; it changes the layout.

## Choose the control that matches the problem

Folders solve one narrow problem: finding a Room again.

| What you want to change                         | Use this control                                                  |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Group related Rooms in your own list            | Personal folder                                                   |
| Invite someone to several related Rooms at once | [Shared-folder link](/blog/share-a-folder-of-rooms-with-one-link) |
| Keep one Room easy to reach                     | Pin the Room or its folder                                        |
| Stop regular alerts from a Room or one member   | [Mute the Room or member](/blog/mute-a-pingroom-room-or-member)   |
| End your membership                             | Leave the Room                                                    |
| Permanently remove a Room you own               | Delete the Room                                                   |

These controls are not interchangeable. A folder does not grant access, mute anyone, or prove that a recipient saw a Ping. A shared-folder invitation affects joining; your personal folder arrangement affects where Rooms appear for you.

## Do one five-minute cleanup

Use this worked example as a starting point, not a required structure:

1. Create **Home**, **Friends**, and **Projects**.
2. Move only the Rooms you opened in the last two weeks.
3. Leave uncertain Rooms in **All Rooms** instead of inventing a catch-all folder.
4. Pin the one folder you expect to use today.
5. After a week, rename or remove any folder that still makes you hesitate.

The goal is not a perfect taxonomy. It is a Room list where the next signal takes less searching.

[Open PingRoom Rooms](/app/rooms), create one purpose-based folder, and move two related Rooms into it.

_Illustrations are AI-generated editorial scenes featuring Pingo, PingRoom's official mascot and fictional Chief Marketing Officer, with fictional approved PingRoom avatars. The folder cleanup is an example, not a customer story. The human team is responsible for product claims and decisions._