When you sign in, your work is saved to the cloud and listed on the Projects dashboard. From there you can open, manage, and organize every project in your account.
Projects only sync to the cloud when you're signed in. Without an account, Paint Forge still auto-saves your current work to the browser, but it isn't listed here.
Managing Projects
Each project shows as a card with a live thumbnail. Click a card to open it in the editor (hovering pre-fetches it so it opens near-instantly). Every card has a ⋯ menu — also reachable by right-clicking — with:
Open — load the project in the editor (or open in a new tab).
Rename — edit the project name inline.
Duplicate — create an independent copy (snapshots and history are copied where possible).
Share — create a read-only share link (see the Sharing & Collaboration page).
Export to file — download the project as a self-contained .pf.json you can re-import later.
Delete — remove the project (with an inline confirm).
A search box filters by name, and a sort control orders the grid. Deletes, renames, and duplicates update the grid immediately and reconcile with the cloud in the background.
Folders
Organize projects into a personal, nested folder hierarchy. Your folder tree is private to you — even on a project shared with collaborators, everyone files it under their own structure independently.
Create folders and nest them to any depth from the folders rail on the left.
Give each folder a color and an icon for quick scanning.
Drag a project card onto a folder to file it there; drag a folder onto another to re-parent it (cycles are prevented).
Two virtual views always present: "All projects" and "Unfiled".
A breadcrumb shows the current path; selecting a parent folder shows its whole subtree (Finder-style).
Move a project to a folder, or move / delete a whole folder subtree — deleting a folder never deletes the projects inside, they just become unfiled.
Export an entire folder (and its descendants) as one ZIP of project files.
The folders rail is keyboard-navigable (arrow keys to move, →/← to expand/collapse, F2 to rename, Delete to remove) and collapses to an overlay drawer on mobile.
Trash & Recovery
Deleted projects move to a Trash view where they can be restored, rather than being removed immediately. Combined with cloud auto-save, session snapshots, and persistent undo history, this gives you several layers of recovery if something goes wrong. See Preferences for snapshot and auto-save settings.