Manage Files and Folders - MATLAB & Simulink (2024)

In the Current Folder browser, right-click in white space, and then select New > Folder.

MATLAB creates and selects a folder named New Folder in the current folder.

Use the mkdir function. For example, create a subfolder named newdir in a parent folder named parentFolder:

mkdir('parentFolder','newdir');

In the Current Folder browser, click and drag the item.

You cannot move a folder while it is on the search path.

Use the movefile function. For example, move the file named myfile.m in the current folder to the folder, d:/work:

movefile('myfile.m','d:/work');

In the Current Folder browser, right-click the item and select Rename.

File names must start with a letter, and can contain letters, digits, or underscores.

Use the movefile function. For example, in the current folder, rename myfile.m to oldfile.m:

movefile('myfile.m','oldfile.m');

On the Home tab, in the File section, click Open , and then select a file to open.

You also can double-click the file in the Current Folder browser.

To open a file in the Editor as a text file, even if the file type is associated with another application or tool, in the File section, click Open > Open as Text.

Use the open function. The file opens in MATLAB or in an external application, depending on the file extension.

In the Current Folder browser, right-click the file and select Open Outside MATLAB. The file opens in the application or tool that the operating system associates with the file type.

On the Home tab, in the File section, click Open , and select a file from the Recent Files section. To reopen a recently opened project, select a project from the Recent Projects list.

In the Current Folder browser, right-click the file and select Show Details. The Details Panel expands.

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In the Current Folder browser, select the file or folder and press Delete.

By default, MATLAB deletes or recycles files and folders according to your operating system preferences. To permanently remove the selection when the system preference is set to recycle, press Shift+Delete.

On Linux^® systems, you can request that MATLAB move deleted files to a temporary folder by setting the Deleting files preference. Access this preference on the Home tab, in the Environment section, by clicking Preferences. Select MATLAB > General.

To delete a file, use the delete function. For example, delete a file named myfile.m in the current folder:

delete('myfile.m');

By default, files are permanently removed. To move deleted files to a temporary folder instead, use the recycle function or set the Deleting files preference.

To delete a folder, use the rmdir function.

In the Current Folder browser, right-click any MATLAB Drive file or folder and select MATLAB Drive > View Recent Activity....

In the Current Folder browser, right-click any MATLAB Drive file or folder and select MATLAB Drive > Go to MATLAB Drive Online....