List folders

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2025-02-05

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.

Get all the mailboxFolder objects in the specified mailbox, including any search folders.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	MailboxFolder.Read	MailboxFolder.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	MailboxFolder.Read.All	MailboxFolder.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

GET /admin/exchange/mailboxes/{mailboxId}/folders

Optional query parameters

This method supports some of the OData query parameters to help customize the response. For general information, see OData query parameters.

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a collection of mailboxFolder objects in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: List folders

The following example shows how to get the mailboxFolder collection directly under the root folder of the user's mailbox.

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/admin/exchange/mailboxes/MBX:e0643f21@a7809c93/folders


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Admin.Exchange.Mailboxes["{mailbox-id}"].Folders.GetAsync();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



mgc-beta admin exchange mailboxes folders list --mailbox-id {mailbox-id}

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
folders, err := graphClient.Admin().Exchange().Mailboxes().ByMailboxId("mailbox-id").Folders().Get(context.Background(), nil)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

MailboxFolderCollectionResponse result = graphClient.admin().exchange().mailboxes().byMailboxId("{mailbox-id}").folders().get();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let folders = await client.api('/admin/exchange/mailboxes/MBX:e0643f21@a7809c93/folders')
	.version('beta')
	.get();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->admin()->exchange()->mailboxes()->byMailboxId('mailbox-id')->folders()->get()->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.admin.exchange.mailboxes.by_mailbox_id('mailbox-id').folders.get()

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 232

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#admin/exchange/mailboxes/MBX:e0643f21@a7809c93/folders",
    "value": [
        {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailboxFolder",
            "id": "EDSVrdi3lRAAACgfQBAAA=",
            "displayName": "Archive",
            "parentFolderId": "NJWt2LeVEAAAIBCAAAAA==",
            "parentMailboxUrl": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/admin/exchange/mailboxes/MBX:e0643f21@a7809c93",
            "childFolderCount": 0,
            "totalItemCount": 2,
            "type": "IPF.Note"
        },
        {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailboxFolder",
            "id": "NJWt2LeVEAAAIBDQAAAA==",
            "displayName": "Calendar",
            "parentFolderId": "NJWt2LeVEAAAIBCAAAAA==",
            "parentMailboxUrl": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/admin/exchange/mailboxes/MBX:e0643f21@a7809c93",
            "childFolderCount": 5,
            "totalItemCount": 6,
            "type": "IPF.Appointment"
        }
    ],
    "@odata.nextLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/admin/exchange/mailboxes/MBX:e0643f21@a7809c93/folders?%24skip=10"
}

Example 2: List folders with query parameters

The following example uses the $filter, $select, and $top query parameters. The $filter parameter refines the results and returns only folders of type IPF.Appointment. The $select parameter is specified to return only the displayName and type properties, and the $top parameter sets the page size of the result set to return the first five folders in the mailbox.

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/admin/exchange/mailboxes/MBX:e0643f21@a7809c93/folders?$filter=type eq 'IPF.Appointment'&$select=displayName,type&$top=5


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Admin.Exchange.Mailboxes["{mailbox-id}"].Folders.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Filter = "type eq 'IPF.Appointment'";
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Select = new string []{ "displayName","type" };
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Top = 5;
});

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



mgc-beta admin exchange mailboxes folders list --mailbox-id {mailbox-id} --top "5" --filter "type eq 'IPF.Appointment'" --select "displayName,type"

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphadmin "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/admin"
	  //other-imports
)


requestFilter := "type eq 'IPF.Appointment'"
requestTop := int32(5)

requestParameters := &graphadmin.ExchangeMailboxesItemFoldersRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Filter: &requestFilter,
	Select: [] string {"displayName","type"},
	Top: &requestTop,
}
configuration := &graphadmin.ExchangeMailboxesItemFoldersRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
folders, err := graphClient.Admin().Exchange().Mailboxes().ByMailboxId("mailbox-id").Folders().Get(context.Background(), configuration)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

MailboxFolderCollectionResponse result = graphClient.admin().exchange().mailboxes().byMailboxId("{mailbox-id}").folders().get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.filter = "type eq 'IPF.Appointment'";
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.select = new String []{"displayName", "type"};
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.top = 5;
});

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let folders = await client.api('/admin/exchange/mailboxes/MBX:e0643f21@a7809c93/folders')
	.version('beta')
	.filter('type eq \'IPF.Appointment\'')
	.select('displayName,type')
	.top(5)
	.get();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Admin\Exchange\Mailboxes\Item\Folders\FoldersRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new FoldersRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = FoldersRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->filter = "type eq 'IPF.Appointment'";
$queryParameters->select = ["displayName","type"];
$queryParameters->top = 5;
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->admin()->exchange()->mailboxes()->byMailboxId('mailbox-id')->folders()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.admin.exchange.mailboxes.item.folders.folders_request_builder import FoldersRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = FoldersRequestBuilder.FoldersRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		filter = "type eq 'IPF.Appointment'",
		select = ["displayName","type"],
		top = 5,
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.admin.exchange.mailboxes.by_mailbox_id('mailbox-id').folders.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 232

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#admin/exchange/mailboxes/MBX:e0643f21@a7809c93/folders",
    "value": [
        {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailboxFolder",
            "id": "NJWt2LeVEAAAIBDQAAAA==",
            "displayName": "Calendar",
            "parentMailboxUrl": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/admin/exchange/mailboxes/MBX:e0643f21@a7809c93",
            "type": "IPF.Appointment"
        }
    ]
}

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List folders

Permissions

HTTP request

Optional query parameters

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: List folders

Request

Response

Example 2: List folders with query parameters

Request

Response

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