# Star a file or folder

Add a file or folder to Favorites from its row menu in My Folders, Team Folders, Recent Files or a label's list.

Nothing is starred on the Favorites screen itself. You star an item where you find it, from the menu at the end of its row, and it appears in Favorites straight away.

> **Before you start:**
>
> The item is somewhere you can open it: your own folders, a team folder you belong to, or your Recent Files.

## Star a folder or a file in a folder

- Go to **My Folders** or **Team Folders**, and open the folder that holds the item, if it isn't at the top level.
- Point at the item's row and select the three dots at its right-hand end. Right-clicking the row opens the same menu.
- Select **Favorite**.

  ![The menu for the Procurement team folder, open at the right-hand end of the Team Folders list. Its entries are Favorite with an outline star, Rename, Move, Share, Activity, Properties and, in red, Delete.](https://www.sorviai.com/help/nest/favorites/folder-menu-favorite.png)

The menu now reads **Unfavorite** for that item, with the star filled in. That is the only sign in the folder that it's starred; the row itself looks the same as before.

![The menu for the Board Packs folder in My Folders. Its first entry reads Unfavorite beside a filled black star, followed by Rename, Move, Share, Activity, Properties and Delete.](https://www.sorviai.com/help/nest/favorites/folder-menu-unfavorite.png)

*A starred folder's menu. Unfavorite in place of Favorite is how you tell.*

## Star a file from another list

Files carry the same **Favorite** entry on their menus in **Recent Files** and on a label's list of files, so a file you've just used can be starred without finding its folder. **Star or label a recent file** walks through it.

> **Note:**
>
> **Shared with Me** and the search results have no row menu, so nothing can be starred from them. Open the file once and it lands in Recent Files, where it can be.