{"id":38694,"date":"2025-05-26T12:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/?p=38694"},"modified":"2025-06-04T22:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:16:12","slug":"how-to-use-the-multiselect-feature-in-the-contents-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/magazine\/platform-tutorial\/how-to-use-the-multiselect-feature-in-the-contents-library\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the Multiselect Feature in the Contents Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Multiselect feature in the library page allows you to select and perform actions on multiple items (projects or media) at once.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next to the respective entity sections, you&#8217;ll find the button <\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image2-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"66\" height=\"34\" \/> which, once clicked, activates multiselect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/multi-select-action-in-contents-AI.jpeg\" alt=\"multi select action in contents AI\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/multi-select-action-in-contents-AI.jpeg 1999w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/multi-select-action-in-contents-AI-300x195.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/multi-select-action-in-contents-AI-1024x666.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/multi-select-action-in-contents-AI-768x499.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/multi-select-action-in-contents-AI-1536x999.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 800;\">Actions You Can Perform with Multiselect<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on the type of item, the actions that can be performed using multiselect are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Delete<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: for folders and projects<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Download<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: for media<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Move to folder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: for projects<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about what Projects and Media are and how to create folders in Contents, check out the guides <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1o2MyzixLdrUKj-oSUICiyQlT1aWRa7UMGzBJR9vez2Q\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.mr7k88t9gwa9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media and Projects in Contents<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1YyIzhB9y3wyC11YW60sEvAe3QKFFmZ155o9xojqCnNc\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.mr7k88t9gwa9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating and Viewing Folders<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Multiselect feature in the library page allows you to select and perform actions on multiple items (projects or media) at once. 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