{"id":"delta-drive.how-do-i-change-the-view-or-sort-order-in-delta-drive","url":"/faq/delta-drive/how-do-i-change-the-view-or-sort-order-in-delta-drive","category":{"id":"delta-drive","title":"Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive"},"subcategory":{"id":"using-delta-drive","title":"Using Delta Drive"},"question":"How do I change the view or sort order in Delta Drive?","alt_questions":["Delta Drive list view","Sort Delta Drive by size","Details view Delta Drive","Why are folders always at the top in Delta Drive?"],"short_answer":"Pick Icons, List or Details in Delta Drive (it remembers your choice) and use Sort by for Name, Kind, Size or Date modified — choose it again to reverse. Folders always sort first.","answer_markdown":"My Drive draws your files three ways — **Icons**, **List** and **Details** — and remembers which you chose. Details adds the kind and column headings you can click to sort, clicking again to reverse.\n\nThe **Sort by** button offers Name, Kind, Size and Date modified; choosing the one you're already on flips the direction. Folders always come first whatever you sort by, because a listing with folders scattered through it by size is one nobody can scan.\n\nSee [keyboard shortcuts](/faq/delta-drive/what-keyboard-shortcuts-work-in-delta-drive).","answer_html":"

My Drive draws your files three ways — Icons, List and Details — and remembers which you chose. Details adds the kind and column headings you can click to sort, clicking again to reverse.

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The Sort by button offers Name, Kind, Size and Date modified; choosing the one you're already on flips the direction. Folders always come first whatever you sort by, because a listing with folders scattered through it by size is one nobody can scan.

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See keyboard shortcuts.

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How do I change the view or sort order in Delta Drive?

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Short answer: Pick Icons, List or Details in Delta Drive (it remembers your choice) and use Sort by for Name, Kind, Size or Date modified — choose it again to reverse. Folders always sort first.

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My Drive draws your files three ways — Icons, List and Details — and remembers which you chose. Details adds the kind and column headings you can click to sort, clicking again to reverse.

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The Sort by button offers Name, Kind, Size and Date modified; choosing the one you're already on flips the direction. Folders always come first whatever you sort by, because a listing with folders scattered through it by size is one nobody can scan.

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See keyboard shortcuts.

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