{"id":"delta-drive.how-do-i-colour-or-mark-files-in-delta-drive","url":"/faq/delta-drive/how-do-i-colour-or-mark-files-in-delta-drive","category":{"id":"delta-drive","title":"Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive"},"subcategory":{"id":"organising","title":"Search, notes and versions"},"question":"How do I colour, star or set reminders on files in Delta Drive?","alt_questions":["Delta Drive colour labels","Star a file in Delta Drive","Favourite a file in Delta Drive","Follow up on a file","Remind me about a file in Delta Drive","What is Marked & due?","Can people I share with see my stars?"],"short_answer":"Right-click ▸ Colour for a shared colour, or ▸ Mark for personal marks — Favourite, Star, Heart, Like or Dislike, Follow up… or Remind me…. Marked & due lists them, and your Mac notifies you once when something is due.","answer_markdown":"Right-click any file or folder — on your Mac or in a browser. **Colour** offers Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Grey or No colour; a colour is shared, so everyone who can see the item sees it. **Mark** offers Favourite, Star, Heart, Like or Dislike, **Follow up…** (with an optional due date) and **Remind me…** (a date and time). Marks are personal — only you see them.\n\n**Marked & due** in the sidebar lists everything you've coloured or marked, with filters by colour, by mark and **Due now**.\n\nWhen a reminder's time comes or a follow-up passes its date, it shows as **Due** and your Mac shows one notification; clicking it opens the item. There's no email, and Storage Studio needs to be running on your Mac. Colours and marks follow moves and renames, and come back with an item you put back from the Trash.","answer_html":"

Right-click any file or folder — on your Mac or in a browser. Colour offers Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Grey or No colour; a colour is shared, so everyone who can see the item sees it. Mark offers Favourite, Star, Heart, Like or Dislike, Follow up… (with an optional due date) and Remind me… (a date and time). Marks are personal — only you see them.

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Marked & due in the sidebar lists everything you've coloured or marked, with filters by colour, by mark and Due now.

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When a reminder's time comes or a follow-up passes its date, it shows as Due and your Mac shows one notification; clicking it opens the item. There's no email, and Storage Studio needs to be running on your Mac. Colours and marks follow moves and renames, and come back with an item you put back from the Trash.

","answer_text":"Right-click any file or folder — on your Mac or in a browser. Colour offers Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Grey or No colour; a colour is shared, so everyone who can see the item sees it. Mark offers Favourite, Star, Heart, Like or Dislike, Follow up… (with an optional due date) and Remind me… (a date and time). Marks are personal — only you see them.\n\nMarked & due in the sidebar lists everything you've coloured or marked, with filters by colour, by mark and Due now.\n\nWhen a reminder's time comes or a follow-up passes its date, it shows as Due and your Mac shows one notification; clicking it opens the item. There's no email, and Storage Studio needs to be running on your Mac. Colours and marks follow moves and renames, and come back with an item you put back from the Trash.","tags":["colours","marks","reminders","favourites"],"related":[{"id":"delta-drive.how-do-i-pin-a-folder-to-the-delta-drive-sidebar","question":"How do I pin a folder to the Delta Drive sidebar?","url":"/faq/delta-drive/how-do-i-pin-a-folder-to-the-delta-drive-sidebar"},{"id":"delta-drive.can-people-i-share-with-see-my-notes","question":"Can people I share with see my notes in Delta Drive?","url":"/faq/delta-drive/can-people-i-share-with-see-my-notes"}],"applies_to":"all","wiki":"/wiki/colours-marks-and-folder-indexes","last_reviewed":"2026-10-29","title":"How do I colour, star or set reminders on files in Delta Drive? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"Right-click ▸ Colour for a shared colour, or ▸ Mark for personal marks — Favourite, Star, Heart, Like or Dislike, Follow up… or Remind me…. Marked & due lists them, and your Mac notifies you once when something is due.","crumbs":[{"name":"Home","path":"/"},{"name":"FAQ","path":"/faq/"},{"name":"Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive","path":"/faq/delta-drive/"},{"name":"How do I colour, star or set reminders on files in Delta Drive?","path":"/faq/delta-drive/how-do-i-colour-or-mark-files-in-delta-drive"}],"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/how-do-i-colour-or-mark-files-in-delta-drive","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-10-29","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I colour, star or set reminders on files in Delta Drive?","alternateName":["Delta Drive colour labels","Star a file in Delta Drive","Favourite a file in Delta Drive","Follow up on a file","Remind me about a file in Delta Drive","What is Marked & due?","Can people I share with see my stars?"],"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Right-click any file or folder — on your Mac or in a browser. Colour offers Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Grey or No colour; a colour is shared, so everyone who can see the item sees it. Mark offers Favourite, Star, Heart, Like or Dislike, Follow up… (with an optional due date) and Remind me… (a date and time). Marks are personal — only you see them.\n\nMarked & due in the sidebar lists everything you've coloured or marked, with filters by colour, by mark and Due now.\n\nWhen a reminder's time comes or a follow-up passes its date, it shows as Due and your Mac shows one notification; clicking it opens the item. There's no email, and Storage Studio needs to be running on your Mac. Colours and marks follow moves and renames, and come back with an item you put back from the Trash.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/how-do-i-colour-or-mark-files-in-delta-drive"}}]},"fragment":"
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Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive · Search, notes and versions

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How do I colour, star or set reminders on files in Delta Drive?

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Short answer: Right-click ▸ Colour for a shared colour, or ▸ Mark for personal marks — Favourite, Star, Heart, Like or Dislike, Follow up… or Remind me…. Marked & due lists them, and your Mac notifies you once when something is due.

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Right-click any file or folder — on your Mac or in a browser. Colour offers Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Grey or No colour; a colour is shared, so everyone who can see the item sees it. Mark offers Favourite, Star, Heart, Like or Dislike, Follow up… (with an optional due date) and Remind me… (a date and time). Marks are personal — only you see them.

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Marked & due in the sidebar lists everything you've coloured or marked, with filters by colour, by mark and Due now.

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When a reminder's time comes or a follow-up passes its date, it shows as Due and your Mac shows one notification; clicking it opens the item. There's no email, and Storage Studio needs to be running on your Mac. Colours and marks follow moves and renames, and come back with an item you put back from the Trash.

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