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Create MailFolder

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Use this API to create a new mail folder in the root folder of the user's mailbox.

If you intend a new folder to be hidden, you must set the isHidden property to true on creation.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) Mail.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Mail.ReadWrite
Application Mail.ReadWrite

HTTP request

POST /me/mailFolders
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters. displayName and isHidden are the only writable property for a mailFolder object.

Parameter Type Description
displayName String The display name of the new folder.
isHidden Boolean Indicates whether the new folder is hidden. The default value is false. Setting the property is optional. Once set, you cannot update this property. See more information in Hidden mail folders

Response

If successful, this method returns 201 Created response code and a mailFolder object in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/mailFolders
Content-type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "Clutter",
  "isHidden": true
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
  "id": "hN2Y5OGRhNGYwODEALgAAA0DAKbvJvFhJgcT3lZpkhNQBAA1",
  "displayName": "Clutter",
  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADlmOGQwZmU3LWVjOWMtNDhiYgAtODcxNy1",
  "childFolderCount": 99,
  "unreadItemCount": 99,
  "totalItemCount": 99,
  "wellKnownName": null,
  "isHidden": true
}