{"id":402918,"date":"2026-07-20T17:23:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.worksmobile.com\/use-guides\/apply-a-metadata-template-to-a-folder\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:55:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:55:50","slug":"folder-template","status":"publish","type":"use-guides","link":"https:\/\/help.worksmobile.com\/en\/use-guides\/drive\/manage-file-folder\/folder-template\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply a metadata template to a folder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"green lw_tip\"><div class=\"lw_tip_content\">\n<ul>\n<li>This feature is available after applying for the Standard Plus plan of NAVER WORKS Core or Standard Plus plan of WORKS Drive.<\/li>\n<li>This feature can only be used by members with Folder Master permissions.<\/li>\n<li>It is only available when\u00a0<a href=\"\/en\/admin-guides\/manage-service\/drive\/metadata\/\">'Apply Template'<\/a> is turned on by the administrator in Admin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>When you apply a metadata template to a folder, the same metadata template is automatically applied to all files within the folder.<\/p>\n<p>This is convenient for unifying metadata formats across departments or projects.<\/p>\n<div class=\"red lw_tip\"><div class=\"lw_tip_content\">\n<ul>\n<li>You can apply up to 10 metadata templates to one folder.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">The metadata template function can only be applied once per folder path, so <span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.8px;\">if applied to a parent folder, it cannot be applied a second time to a subfolder<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Only metadata template formats added by the administrator are applied, and metadata values are not automatically entered.<\/li>\n<li>While in effect, some operations on folders and files may be temporarily restricted.<\/li>\n<li>It cannot be applied to My Drive, message room folders, or root folders on public drives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h1>Apply a metadata template to a folder<\/h1>\n<div class=\"lwtabs\"><div class=\"lwtabs_item \"><h3 class=\"lwtab_title \">PC Web<\/h3><div class=\"lwtab_content\">\n<ol>\n<li>Click <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164344\" src=\"https:\/\/gsaas-help.pstatic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ic20_viewtype_thumbnail_767676.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> at the top.<\/li>\n<li>Click 'Drive'.<\/li>\n<li>Click <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-168473\" src=\"https:\/\/gsaas-help.pstatic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ic24_more_normal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> to the right of the folder.<\/li>\n<li>Click 'Apply Template'.<\/li>\n<li>In the template search bar, select the metadata template you want to apply.<\/li>\n<li>Click 'Confirm'.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The metadata template is applied to existing files within the folder and to all files added later.<\/p>\n<p>If the file it is applied to contains previously entered metadata values, those values remain the same.<\/p>\n<h1>Change the applied metadata template<\/h1>\n<div class=\"lwtabs\"><div class=\"lwtabs_item \"><h3 class=\"lwtab_title \">PC Web<\/h3><div class=\"lwtab_content\">\n<ol>\n<li>Click <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164344\" src=\"https:\/\/gsaas-help.pstatic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ic20_viewtype_thumbnail_767676.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> at the top.<\/li>\n<li>Click 'Drive'.<\/li>\n<li>Click <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-168473\" src=\"https:\/\/gsaas-help.pstatic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ic24_more_normal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> to the right of the folder.<\/li>\n<li>Click 'Apply Template Settings'.<\/li>\n<li>Add or remove the metadata template, and then click 'Confirm'.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h1>Unapply a metadata template<\/h1>\n<div class=\"lwtabs\"><div class=\"lwtabs_item \"><h3 class=\"lwtab_title \">PC Web<\/h3><div class=\"lwtab_content\">\n<ol>\n<li>Click <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164344\" src=\"https:\/\/gsaas-help.pstatic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ic20_viewtype_thumbnail_767676.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> at the top.<\/li>\n<li>Click 'Drive'.<\/li>\n<li>Click <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-168473\" src=\"https:\/\/gsaas-help.pstatic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ic24_more_normal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> to the right of the folder.<\/li>\n<li>Click 'Apply Template Settings'.<\/li>\n<li>Click 'Remove'.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Even if you unapply a metadata template, the metadata template format and entered metadata values that have already been applied to the files within the folder will remain the same. The metadata template is only not applied to files that are added later.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"blue lw_tip\"><div class=\"lw_tip_content\"><br \/>\nHow to manage the metadata entered for each file can be found in <a href=\"\/en\/use-guides\/drive\/manage-file-folder\/metadata\/\">File Metadata<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":54325,"menu_order":0,"template":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apply a metadata template to a folder - NAVER WORKS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/help.worksmobile.com\/en\/use-guides\/drive\/manage-file-folder\/folder-template\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apply a metadata template to a folder - NAVER WORKS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This feature can only be used by members with Folder Master permissions. 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