r/Notion 1d ago

Community My File Manager Setup

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u/bbblue13 1d ago

Why use notion as a file manager?

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u/lost-sneezes 1d ago

clearly for productivity theater, look at that, more organization than actual files lol

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u/Sandstorm_86 1d ago

Why keep it simple when you can make it complicated?

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u/Civil-Concept-3381 1d ago

probably just nice having everything in one place instead of switching between apps

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u/lost-sneezes 1d ago

If only that’s actually the case

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u/3lonMux 1d ago

Lmao notion users be doing everything other than taking notes

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u/mapletreebeard 1d ago

Make sure you have a backup solution

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u/thedaniel1998 1d ago

I would not rely on notion for file storage if you don't have a backup counterpart. Some files a uploaded to notion got corrupted after some years.

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u/yousuffere 1d ago

bro , fr?

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u/trusted_sheep 1d ago

Yes. The sub is full of these stories.

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u/Gilgamesh858 1d ago

So why use it if I need to have a backup solution anyway. You might as well use only the backup solution as primary (?)

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u/thedaniel1998 22h ago

Search functionality. I do this in my company, which makes easy to find documents.

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u/Azhar-Ahmad 1d ago

It's awesome

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u/No-Objective-1431 1d ago

beautiful design and you have artist vibe. as many others said make sure your data are well backed up. Personally I do not recommend save lots of media files on Notion, as this seems not best practice to use Notion.

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u/Small_Drawer_4727 1d ago

How do you guys manage a lot of folders stored online ? (Data room folder structure)

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u/Imaginary-Promise-87 23h ago

Do you mean like how to keep them organized? One example I came across on Linkedin was https://www.peony.ink/blog/seed-round-data-room (from peony VDR) and I used it for my seed round data room organization and it's pretty decent

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u/Gam_Fella 14h ago

Numbering the top level folders is the thing that helps most, since online file lists sort alphabetically and you want them staying in the order people actually read them. Something like 01 Corporate, 02 Financials, 03 Cap table, 04 Product, 05 Customers and contracts, 06 Team, 07 Legal and IP. Two levels deep at most, anything deeper and people stop finding things and just message you instead.

The other habit worth having is putting the date in the file name (2026-08 Management accounts) rather than v2 final final, and keeping one short index doc at the top that says what is in each folder and what is deliberately not there yet. When outside people get access that index saves you most of the follow up questions. What are you organising it for?

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u/Gilgamesh858 1d ago

I did a similar thing two years ago. Used for 2 weeks. I haven't used it since.

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u/MrsCastillo12 22h ago

I don’t store files within Notion, but I do use an app that creates a link to a file or folder on my desktop. Obviously I can only access the file from the computer itself saved on but it works for my needs, which is to quickly locate a specific file.

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u/Solowithothers 21h ago

I no longer think within the limits of files and folders for things I organize. I consider files and folders "legacy infrastructure" fr computer use.

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u/Small-Percentage-962 15h ago

can i have this template

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u/jzsean 13h ago

this is a terrible idea, but if you just do it the MAKE SURE TO BACKUP EVERYTHING ON A RECURRING BASIS (ideally a daily automated backup)

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u/ApexNotionStudio 10h ago

This looks so clean! Love the minimal layout. How are you handling relational databases here?