---
title: "Manage your client folders"
description: "Create and manage your client folders, change their owner, move leads between them and set their privacy."
url: https://help.nocrm.io/en/articles/113-manage-your-client-folders
collection: "Clients Management"
updated: 2026-11-04
language: en
alternates: [de, it, pt-br, es, fr]
---

# Manage your client folders

Create and manage your client folders, change their owner, move leads between them and set their privacy.

Client folders group all the leads you have with the same client. They are designed for companies that make more than one sale with the same client, and show at a glance where you stand with each client and how important they are for your company.

> **Success:** **Best practice**: Create a client folder only if you make at least two sales with the same client, to avoid filling in unnecessary information.

## How do you create a client folder?

You can create a client folder in two ways:

-   Duplicate an existing lead: noCRM asks you to create a client folder that will contain all the leads with this client. [Learn how to duplicate a lead](https://help.nocrm.io/en/articles/101-duplicate-a-lead.md).
    
-   From the **Clients** menu: hover over **Clients** in the top bar and click **New client folder**.
    

Client folders have their own default fields, which admins define in the **Admin panel**. [Learn how to define client folder fields](https://help.nocrm.io/en/articles/73-default-client-folder-structure.md).

## How do you add a lead to a client folder?

-   To create a new lead in a client folder, open the client folder and click **Create new lead** at the top of the page.
    
-   To add an existing lead, open the lead, click the **Actions** menu and select **Attach to a Client Folder**. Search for the client folder or create a new one.
    

## How do you manage your client folders?

The **Clients** section gives you an overview of all your client folders: the number of leads in each folder, their statuses, their value and their owners.

You can filter your client folders:

-   By status (active or inactive).
    
-   By type of leads (with or without active leads).
    
-   By owner of the client folder.
    
-   By tags (with or without a given tag).
    

When you open a client folder, you see all the leads you manage or have managed with this client. On the right, you see how long you have been working with this client and how much you have made with them.

If you lose a client, you can deactivate their client folder.

## How do you change the owner of a client folder?

You may need to reassign a client folder, for example when a new user takes over existing clients or when a user leaves the company. Follow these steps:

1.  Open the client folder.
    
2.  On the right, click the avatar of the **Client owner**.
    
3.  Select the new owner.
    
    ![Clients screen for Sergio Gonzalez with the client owner selector open, showing a user list; a red arrow points to the S2 client owner avatar. Visible: Clients, Sergio Gonzalez, Lead's name, Status, Amount, Proba.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/BSvs5Q5EllWypQcdPOEvYTahFHKKLzBWQpZR05PYZgwBpX4jSNDWu9XDcrzSwb2K5BUqURHCPcK.png)
    

> **Warning:** **Important**: You can't reassign a client folder to another user if its leads belong to a different user and each user has their own client folders in your privacy settings.

> **Info:** **Note**: You can't reassign several client folders at once. If you need to, contact us through the chat or at [support@youdontneedacrm.com](mailto:support@youdontneedacrm.com).

## How do you move a lead to another client folder?

Follow these steps:

1.  Open the lead.
    
2.  Click the **Actions** menu and select **Remove from client folder**.
    
3.  Click the **Actions** menu again and select **Add to client folder**.
    
4.  Search for the client folder you want or create a new one.
    

## How do you win back a lost client?

If you lost a lead or a client in the past and can now win them back, duplicate the lead. The client folder then contains the lost lead and the new one.

## How do you manage client folder privacy?

Admins choose whether client folders are shared between all users or whether each user has their own client folders. Follow these steps:

1.  Click your avatar at the top right.
    
2.  Go to **Admin panel** > **Account management** > **Privacy and security** > **Roles and privacy settings**.
    
3.  Set the **Client folders sharing** option.
    

> **Info:** **Note**: Shared client folders don't mean that every user sees everything. If only admins can see others' leads, users only see their own leads in shared client folders.

To export your client folders, [read this article](https://help.nocrm.io/en/articles/122-export-client-folders.md).