# Managing dashboards
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This documentation topic is designed for Grafana workspaces that support **Grafana version 12.x**.  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 10.x, see [Working in Grafana version 10](using-grafana-v10.md).  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 9.x, see [Working in Grafana version 9](using-grafana-v9.md).  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 8.x, see [Working in Grafana version 8](using-grafana-v8.md).

On the **Dashboards** page of your workspace (available by selecting **Dashboards** from the left menu), you can perform dashboard management tasks, including organizing your dashboards into folders.

For more information about creating dashboards, see [Building dashboards](v12-dash-building-dashboards.md).

## Browse dashboards
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On the **Dashboards** page, you can browse and manage folders and dashboards. This includes options to:
+ Create folders and dashboards.
+ Move dashboards between folders.
+ Delete multiple dashboards and folders.
+ Navigate to a folder.
+ Manage folder permissions. For more information, see [Dashboard and folder permissions](dashboard-and-folder-permissions.md).

## Creating dashboard folders
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Folders help you organize and group dashboards, which is useful when you have many dashboards or multiple teams using the same Grafana instance. Subfolders allow you to create a nested hierarchy in your dashboard organization.

**Prerequisites**

Ensure that you have Grafana Admin permissions. For more information about dashboard permissions, see [Dashboard and folder permissions](dashboard-and-folder-permissions.md).

**To create a dashboard folder**

1. Sign in to Grafana. 

1. On the left menu, select **Dashboards**.

1. On the **Dashboards** page, select **New** then choose **New folder** in the drop down.

1. Enter a unique name and click **Create**.

**Note**  
When you save a dashboard, you can either select a folder for the dashboard to be saved in or create a new folder.

**To edit the name of a folder**

1. Select **Dashboards**in the left menu.

1. Select the folder to rename

1. Select the **Edit title** (pencil) icon in the header and update the name of the folder.

   The new folder name is automatically saved.

**Folder permissions**

You can assign permissions to a folder. Dashboard in the folder inherit any permissions that you've assigned to the folder. You can assign permissions to organization roles, teams, and users.

**To modify permissions for a folder**

1. Select **Dashboards** from the left menu.

1. Select the folder in the list.

1. On the folder's details page, select **Folder actions** and select **Manage permissions** in the drop down list.

1. Update the permissions as desired.

Changes are saved automatically.